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Fountain of Venus

1756

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The story

Boucher painted some figures in grey as if carved in stone and others in flesh; the museum thinks it probably began as a tapestry design.

Source, Cleveland Museum of Art

Object details

Title: Fountain of Venus
Artist: François Boucher
Date: 1756
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0282
Original image: 2779 × 3000 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

François Boucher. Fountain of Venus. 1756. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0282/