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Description: | According to a number of specialists this painting was presented at the 1727 Concours de Peinture. The competition's theme was history painting. Its organiser, the Duc d'Antin (Superintendant of the King's Buildings and Protector of the Academy), was a strong supporter of this genre and the competition's aim was to revive it. Cazes painted this same subject numerous times but only two of the canvases remain: the Bowes' and one in an Italian private collection. The painting was probably cut at some point, as it is smaller than in 1727 and the Italian version has more space around the edges. | Subjects: | mythology (triumph of Venus) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cazes, Pierre Jacques (French painter, 1676-1754) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Coypel, Noël Nicolas (French painter, 1690-1734) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9028... | Go to resource |
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