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Alexandre Cabanel: The Birth of Venus (94.24.1) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... Lehman Collection Scientific Research Textile Conservation Works of Art Index About the Timeline Bibliography The Birth of Venus , 1875 Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823–1889) Oil on canvas 41 3/4 x 71 7/8 in. (106 x 182.6 cm) ...

The Birth of Venus, 1875;

Oil on canvas 41 3/4 x 71 7/8 in. (106 x 182.6 cm)

Gift of John Wolfe, 1893 (94.24.1)

Signed (lower left): ALEX CABANEL

John Wolfe, New York (1875–d. 1894; commissioned from the artist, sale, Leavitt, New York, April 5–6, 1882, bought in)

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Special Exhibitions - Americans in Paris

... Salon, 1880 The Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold O. Love Enlarge Zoom After studying with Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts, Hovenden spent the late 1870s in the art colony at Pont-Aven, a village on ...

Special Exhibitions - Americans in Paris

... Mabel Brady Garvan and John H. Niemeyer Funds Enlarge Zoom Hovenden lived in France from 1874 to 1880, studying under Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts for a year and then joining the art colony at Pont-Aven in Brittany. When ...

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