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Source Description
The Anglo-American artist George Boughton was highly acclaimed for his humorous, sometimes sentimental subjects. In the early 1880s, he visited the Dutch coastal towns searching for picturesque subjects. Here, he contrasts the appearances of a pretty Dutch milkmaid and a wizened seaman.
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Document identity
localId
35321
label
Venus and Neptune
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
35321
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Venus and Neptune
description
The Anglo-American artist George Boughton was highly acclaimed for his humorous, sometimes sentimental subjects. In the early 1880s, he visited the Dutch coastal towns searching for picturesque subjects. Here, he contrasts the appearances of a pretty Dutch milkmaid and a wizened seaman.
provenance
Dechamps, London; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1882
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
53.2
height
35.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 20 15/16 x W: 14 in. (53.2 x 35.5 cm); Framed H: 32 1/2 × W: 25 1/2 × D: 4 in. (82.55 × 64.77 × 10.16 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""G. H. Boughton
"" signed lower left
med
oil on panel
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3094
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EAN
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3300
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