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El aseo de Venus

1751
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 631
Madame de Pompadour, la amante de Luis XV, admiraba profundamente a Boucher y fue su mecenas desde 1747 hasta su muerte en 1764. Comisionó un par de lienzos, uno de los cuales es esta famosa obra, para el vestidor de Bellevue, el castillo que poseía cerca de París. En 1750, la marquesa había protagonizado una obra teatral en Versalles titulada La toilette de Vénus y, aunque el cuadro no es un retrato, la alusión lisonjera tal vez es intencional.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: El aseo de Venus
  • Artista: François Boucher, francés, 1703–1770
  • Fecha: 1751
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 108,3 x 85,1 cm
  • Crédito: Legado de William K. Vanderbilt, 1920
  • Número de inventario: 20.155.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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