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James Barry
The Birth of Venus 1776
etching and engraving
40.8 × 58.3 cm (image and plate) 51.0 × 69.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 1881
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The Birth of Venus
1776
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
40.8 × 58.3 cm (image and plate) 51.0 × 69.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 1881
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: James Barry invt (. under t) vo.
printed in ink l.c.: The Birth of Venus, humbly inscrib’d to Her Grace the
printed in ink l.c.r.: Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Barry Dec. 1776. PPR.A 1791
printed in ink l.r.: a. m. Sct (. under t)
Accession Number
p.183.218-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Marines and Seascapes Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Birth of Venus (Roman narrative) classicism nudes (representations) scallop shell sea creatures seas tritons Venus (Roman deity)
Movements
Neoclassicism