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The Birth of Venus
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The Birth of Venus

Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval
1862
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The story

At the Salon of 1863 this Venus hung beside Cabanel's Birth of Venus and Baudry's Pearl and the Wave, and critics found it pale and cold next to its rivals. Three years later Lille gave it a 1,000-franc prize and bought it.

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Object details

Title
The Birth of Venus
Artist
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval
Date
1862
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0307
Original image
1457 × 2670 px
Source record
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License evidence
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