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Artist:
Albani, Francisco  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1650
Ca. 1650
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 50
50 x 40. A valuable old painting by Francisco Albani, one of the old masters, represents the loves of Venus, who is seated by a fountain or basin, surrounded by cupids, wreaths of flowers, &c.; dark foliage forms the background. This painting is over two hundred years old, and is still in fine preservation. [P. 62.]
Cosmopolitan Art Association. Catalogue of the Works of Art, composing the Large and Valuable Collection of Oil Paintings, Statuary, and Bronzes, to be allotted gratuitously, to subscribers of the Cosmopolitan Art Association, at the Annual Distribution, on the 28th of January next.
Topic:
Mythology--Classical--Venus  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Cupid  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Landscape--Forest  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Architecture--Monument--Fountain  Search this
Control number:
AECI 02390136
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_47318