In the middle of the composition, Venus is seen almost from the front. She sits on a hillock and her right arm is raised. Her forearm is folded so that her hand disappears behind her head. With her other hand, she slightly pulls the drapery that covers her knees. On the lower left, sitting near her, is the child Cupid, completely naked. He plays with his bow. The background landscape is filled with trees and a twilit sky.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 101
Additional information accompanying item: Margins rectified. Signed at the bottom to the left, with scraper - "Fantin." Fourth state - upper margin - "l'Artiste." Lower margin, and no longer in the middle - "Imp. Lemercier, Paris. Venus et l'Amour."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
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