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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Venus Consoling Love
François Boucher (artist)
French, 1703 - 1770
Venus Consoling Love, 1751
oil on canvas
Overall: 107 x 84.8 cm (42 1/8 x 33 3/8 in.) framed: 132.1 x 110.2 x 7.6 cm (52 x 43 3/8 x 3 in.)
Chester Dale Collection
1943.7.2
From the Tour: 18th-Century France — Boucher and Fragonard
Object 1 of 8

Exhibition History

1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1973
François Boucher in North American Collections: One Hundred Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974, unnumbered brochure for Washington venue (shown only in Washington).

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