Toilet of Venus, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Lagrenee, Louis, J.F.
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 627 (Sale info: TO BE AUCTIONED).
"This work is particularly fine in tone and color, being painted with superb delicacy and great ease." [P. 47.]
Catalogue. Executrix's Sale of Mr. Thomas Thompson's Extensive and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures being the Most Important and Costly Collection ever offered in this Country, to be sold at auction, positively without reserve, by Henry H. Leeds & Miner, commencing on Monday, Feb. 7th, 1870, at 11 o'clock precisely, and continuing, day and evening, until all are sold, at the Leeds Art Galleries, 817 & 819 B'way, S.W. corner 12th Street, New York. They may be viewed on and after Monday, January 24th, at the Galleries as above, and at the Galleries, No. 831 Broadway, over Messrs. Campion & Stuart's Dry Goods Mart, and Dunham's Music Rooms. Printed by John Polhemus, 102 Nassau St., N.Y.
1876
Control number
AECI 03070625
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Venus
Figure female
Recreation--Leisure--Bathing
Record ID
siris_aeci_63626
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