The Birth of Venus (French: La Naissance de Vénus) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, produced between 1753 and 1755.[2] It is held by the Musée Grobet-Labadié in Marseille.[1]
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| Artist | Jean-Honoré Fragonard |
| Year | 1753−1755 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 54 cm × 83 cm (21 in × 33 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée Grobet-Labadié, Marseille, France |
A sketch for the painting is in the Smith College Museum of Art.[3] In the sketch, Fragonard used a mix of red chalk and other media to study the composition before transferring it onto canvas.[4] The Birth of Venus and its sketch are an example of Fragonard's habit of reversing scene direction and changing figure positions in order to achieve an ideal composition.[5]
Fragonard was inspired by François Boucher's The Triumph of Venus when he created this painting (Boucher was Fragonard's teacher).
References
edit- ^ a b Dupuy-Vachey & Stein 2016, p. 22.
- ^ Analyse Naissance de Venus 2014.
- ^ Dupuy-Vachey & Stein 2016, p. 20.
- ^ Dupuy-Vachey & Stein 2016, p. 24.
- ^ Dupuy-Vachey & Stein 2016, pp. 20, 23.
Sources
edit- "Analyse Naissance de Venus". Etudier. December 7, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- Dupuy-Vachey, Marie-Anne; Stein, Perrin (2016). "Every Possible Combination: Between Inspiration and Finish in Fragonards Oeuvre". Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1588396013.
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