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Fountain of Venus, 1756 (oil on canvas)

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Fountain of Venus, 1756 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Boucher, Francois (1703-70) / French
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Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1756 AD (C18th AD)
Dimensions
246x228.5 (framed) 233x215 (unframed) cms
Image description

Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the playfulness comes from the way Boucher painted some of the figures in gray, as if made of stone, while the others are fully human. The artist toyed with the boundaries of painting and sculpture, as well as fiction and reality.The original purpose of this painting remains unclear. While it may have been exhibited as an independent work of art, it probably served initially as a preliminary design for a tapestry.

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The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection / Bridgeman Images
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18th century / art / dove / bird / fountain / mythology / nudity / Boucher Francois (1703-1770) / France / Europe / painter / artist / cherub / garden / mythology / female / plants / overflowing / sculpture / flowers / cupid / overgrown / water / myth / grisaille / venus / Painting / Mzpainting

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