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Description: | Signed: yes Description: According to G. Maës, a specialist of Louis Joseph Watteau, this would be the first female nude of the artist's career. The figure of Venus appears rather awkward, probably due to the fact that the painter would have worked without a model. The anatomic proportions do not look right. Note on the right hand-side the faun observing the scene secretly. The fashion for this type of subject was started by Boucher. | Subjects: | mythology (Venus and Cupid) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Watteau, Louis Joseph (French painter and draftsman, 1731-1798) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8986... | Go to resource |
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