Venus Amorini, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Albani, Francisco
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 50
50 x 40. A valuable old painting by Francisco Albani, one of the old masters, represents the loves of Venus, who is seated by a fountain or basin, surrounded by cupids, wreaths of flowers, &c.; dark foliage forms the background. This painting is over two hundred years old, and is still in fine preservation. [P. 62.]
Cosmopolitan Art Association. Catalogue of the Works of Art, composing the Large and Valuable Collection of Oil Paintings, Statuary, and Bronzes, to be allotted gratuitously, to subscribers of the Cosmopolitan Art Association, at the Annual Distribution, on the 28th of January next.
1650
Ca. 1650
Control number
AECI 02390136
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Medium
Oil
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Venus
Mythology--Classical--Cupid
Figure group
Landscape--Forest
Object--Flower
Architecture--Monument--Fountain
Record ID
siris_aeci_47318
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