The Birth of Venus (French: La Naissance de Vénus) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, produced between 1753 and 1755.[2] It is held by the Musée Grobet-Labadié in Marseille.[1] Fragonard used a mix of red chalk and other media to sketch the work before transferring it onto canvas.[3] This sketch is in the Smith College Museum of Art.[4] The Birth of Venus and its sketch are also an example of Fragonard's habit of reversing scene direction and figure positions in order to achieve an ideal composition; Fragonard had made multiple changes to subject placement between the sketch and the final version.[5]

The Birth of Venus
Artist	Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Year	1753−1755
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	54 cm × 83 cm (21 in × 33 in)[1]
Location	Musée Grobet-Labadié, Marseille, France

References

Sources

• "Analyse Naissance de Venus". Etudier. December 7, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
• Dupuy-Vachey, Marie-Anne; Stein, Perrin (2016). "Every Possible Combination: Between Inspiration and Finish in Fragonards Oeuvre". Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1588396013.

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[es] El nacimiento de Venus (Fragonard)

[fr] La Naissance de Vénus (Fragonard)