Fountain of Venus

Boucher, François (1703-1770)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1756
Height:
233.0 cm  (91 3/4 in.)
Width:
215.0 cm  (84 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1979.55]

Description

Venus is in her fountain surrounded by two mermen (tritons) and one putto. One of the mermen blows a shell horn (conch).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Conch-shell trumpet [4389]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2117