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The Birth of Venus

Alexandre Cabanel · 1823–1889

Maximum print size

Frame
50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening
33.8 × 20.1 cm · 13.3 × 7.9 in
Mat border, sides
8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom
10.4 cm · 4.1 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1875
Medium
Oil on canvas
Type
Paintings
Size
106.0 × 182.6 cm · 41.7 × 71.9 in
Orientation
landscape
Subjects
Female Nudes, Putti, Seas, Venus
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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