The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Venus Anadyomène

Venus Anadyomène

1839
(French, 1819–1856)
Sheet: 44.5 x 31.3 cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.); Image: 28.4 x 22.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Beraldi 25
Location: not on view

Description

Ingres and Théodore Chassériau executed these lithographs to reproduce and publicize important pictures they had previously painted. However, the lithographs also represent experimentation with an unfamiliar medium, but both artists' assured draftsmanship make the prints successful.
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Mentioned: p. 24 archive.org
  • Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".
    Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 14 - May 23, 1999. "Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500 - 1900."
    The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Venus Anadyomène|url=false|author=Théodore Chassériau|year=1839|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.83