Venus Emerging from the Sea

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Venus Emerging from the Sea

France, circa 1754-1755
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 12 3/4 × 16 1/4 in. (32.39 × 41.28 cm) Frame: 15 × 18 × 1 in. (38.1 × 45.72 × 2.54 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.17)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

(Artist’s sale, Paris, Paillet, 17 May 1809, lot 93). (Sale, London, Sotheby’s, 16 July 1980, lot 228, to); Andrew S.

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(Artist’s sale, Paris, Paillet, 17 May 1809, lot 93). (Sale, London, Sotheby’s, 16 July 1980, lot 228, to); Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1994, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

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Bibliography

  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice.  French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century.  Los Angeles:  The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.