Boucher's Venus Consoling Love


François Boucher, Venus Consoling Love, 1751, oil on canvas,
42-1/8 x 33-3/8 inches / 107 x 84.8 cm
(National Gallery of Art)


Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

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Bouchers Venus Consoling Love
Originally commissioned for the Château de Bellevue in Meudon, just southwest of Paris
1751

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