Paintings

Venus and Cupid

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1769
Accession number: 78.20.1
Maker: François Boucher(Opens in new tab) (French, 1703–1770)
Dimensions: 28 x 23 3/8 in. (71.1 x 59.4 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: The half figure of Venus, partly draped in a blue mantle, her hair held back by a blue ribbon, smiling at Cupid, who offers her flowers.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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Painted near the end of his life, Venus and Cupid shows both a favorite subject of Boucher and his lively style of painting. The vibrant blue drapery that cascades across Venus’s lap, the delicate flowers and the refined features of the goddess’s face, attest to the skill of this prolific artist. In addition to his canvas paintings, he also produced designs for tapestries and porcelain, examples of which can be found in The Huntington's collections.

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