Venus Anadyomène (1839): Art, History and Details

Venus Anadyomène (1839) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Théodore Chassériau (French, 1819–1856).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Ingres and Théodore Chassériau executed these lithographs to reproduce and publicize important pictures they had previously painted. However, the lithographs also represent experimentation with an unfamiliar medium, but both artists' assured draftsmanship make the prints successful.

Object facts

• Title: Venus Anadyomène
• Date: 1839
• Creator attribution: Théodore Chassériau (French, 1819–1856)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Dimensions: Sheet: 44.5 x 31.3 cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.); Image: 28.4 x 22.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1942.83

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949.

View the collection record

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