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| The Birth of Venus | |
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| French: La Naissance de Vénus | |
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| Artist | William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
| Year | 1879 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 300 cm × 218 cm (120 in × 86 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
The Birth of Venus (French: La Naissance de Vénus) is one of the most famous paintings by 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but her transportation in a shell as a fully mature woman from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. She is considered the epitome of the Classical Greek and Roman ideal of the female form and beauty, on par with Venus de Milo.
For Bouguereau, it is considered a tour de force. The canvas stands at just over 300 centimetres (9 feet 10 inches) high, and 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) wide. The subject matter, as well as the composition, resembles a previous rendition of this subject, Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, as well as Raphael's The Triumph of Galatea.