Théodore Chassériau and Marie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d' Agoult
Venus Anadyomène
c. 1841-1842
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- Artist: Théodore Chassériau
- Dedicated to: Marie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d’ Agoult
Venus Anadyomène
c. 1841-1842
Physical Qualities
Tinted crayon lithograph, Sheet: 447 × 315 mm. (17 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Image (with frame): 320 × 266 mm. (12 5/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Cleveland Print Club
Object Number
1988.107
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Decade of Print Acquisitions 1985-1995," April 17 - June, 23 1996.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," April 1 - June 4, 1989.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello," November 11, 1979 - January 6, 1980.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," April 1 - June 4, 1989.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello," November 11, 1979 - January 6, 1980.
Jay McKean Fisher, "Review of Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic," Print Quarterly Vol. XX No. 2 (2003), illustrated p. 196.
Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil: along bottom, "A Madame La Comtesse d'Agoult, l'auteur" Inscribed in stone: lower left "Th. Chassériau 1839."; lower center "AFPOGENEIA"; lower right "Lith. d'Auguste Bry"
Markings: None
Dedicated to
Marie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d’ Agoult
French, 1805 - 1876
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