Venus Disarming Cupid
<p>This drawing takes its subject and composition from Corot’s painting <em>A Nymph Playing with a Cupid </em> (1857; Musée d’Orsay, Paris), exhibited at the Salon of 1857—the first time the artist had shown a work at the Salon featuring a female nude. He apparently made this drawing for his close friend and fellow painter Constant Dutilleux.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1852
- Dimensions
- 38.7 × 25.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.
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Record
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- 1852
- Dimensions
- 38.7 × 25.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1852-134352
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified