Venus Anadyomene

c. 1841/1842

Théodore Chassériau

Associated Names
Théodore Chassériau

Artist, French, 1819 - 1856

The image shows a female figure in a side profile standing on rocks with her arms raised and hands at the top of her head. She has long hair, closed eyes, and a serene expression. The woman is nude and surrounded by seashells with a landscape background. The image is framed with a decorative border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sandoz 1974, no. 266

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1966

  • Prints 1800-1945, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; City Art Museum of St. Louis; and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, 1966, no. 38.

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 5, repro.

Bibliography

1974

  • Sandoz, Marc. Theodore Chasseriau 1819-1856: Catalogue raisonne des peintures et estampes. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1974.

1979

  • Fisher 1979, 3 i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65025696

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