Birth of Venus

Date: 1879
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions: 300 x 215

The painting depicts a group of naked figures, in the centre stands a noble female figure bathed in water, with male and female figures and cherubs around her. The figures are depicted in an idyllic antique style, with an emphasis on beauty and harmony. The mythical scene is set on the shore of a lake or sea, with clouds visible in the background.

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Bouguereau painted picture Birth of Venus in 1879. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. Original size is 300 x 215. This art piece is located in Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). French academic painter. In his choice of topics, he was a traditionalist: he painted mythological scenes and modern interpretations of Classicist themes (with an emphasis on painting the female body). Bouguereau admired Raphael, and even gave him one of his paintings. In his time, he was considered one of the finest painters, even abroad. At the end of his career, his paintings began to seem too traditionalist, with techniques embedded in the past. In some encyclopaedias, his name even ceased to appear. To date, however, we can consider some of his works beautiful and inspiring.