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The Triumph of Venus
The painting portrays the myth of the Birth of Venus. Venus was the goddess of love. From the foam that was formed after a surge, legend she stepped out of the sea. Sea Nymphs brought her to the island Cythere, where she ever since has reigned over love, lust and passion among gods and men. Artist François Boucher's interpretation of 1740 is dramatic and very erotic. Naked tritons (male sea nymphs…
Creator
- François Boucher
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- François Boucher
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1740
- 1740
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum.
Identifier
- NM 770
- 17773
Extent
- Mått 130 x 162 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1740
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:59.579Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:29.332Z