Hubert Robert, 1790 - Medici Venus - fine art print

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A boatman led an embracing couple on a boat. The young woman raises her arm towards the "Medici Venus" placed on the bank of which the group is about to dock. Tall trees and an ancient building in ruins overlook the scene. We see mountains in the distance.

In 1790, Pierre-Antoine playwright Caron de Beaumarchais control decor consists of eight panels Hubert Robert to the large living room of his mansion in Paris. In 1802, the Urban Works condemn the mansion. The house was bought by the City of Paris in 1818 and its destruction was completed between 1826 and 1829. The panels of the decor are first reused in the Old Town Hall for the Seine prefect of the apartments are then stored in attics. In 1852, a new exhibition is realized in Marble gallery. The panels are saved from the fire that ravaged the City Hall in 1871 and go on restoration several years. They then return to the new City Hall but are no longer hooked together. Thus in 1902, the signs "Medici Venus" and "Farnese Hercules" entering the Petit Palais museum while the other six are still held at the City Hall.

Venus (Roman mythology); Aphrodite (Greek mythology)

Landscape, Ancient Ruins, Ancient Statue Temple Tree, Boat, Rivers, Human Representation, Couple, Boatman

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"Medici Venus" was made by the rococo French artist Hubert Robert in 1790. The more than 230 year old original has the following dimensions: Height: 281 cm, Width: 132 cm and was painted with the technique of Oil, Canvas (material). This artpiece is in the the art collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. With courtesy of: Petit Palais Paris (public domain).Furthermore, the artpiece has the creditline: . Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has a side ratio of 1 : 2, which means that the length is 50% shorter than the width. The curator, painter Hubert Robert was a European artist, whose art style can mainly be classified as Rococo. The Rococo painter lived for a total of 75 years - born in 1733 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and died in 1808 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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