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The Birth of Venus

1907

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The story

The City of Paris bought this Birth of Venus for the Petit Palais in 1907, the year Gervex painted it. Le Figaro announced the purchase that July, calling it one of his finest and most complete works and promising it a prominent place among the museum's modern pictures.

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Object details

Title: The Birth of Venus
Artist: Henri Gervex
Date: 1907
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Petit Palais, Paris (PPP462)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0897
Original image: 3000 × 2463 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Henri Gervex. The Birth of Venus. 1907. Petit Palais, Paris (PPP462). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0897/