Venus and Neptune

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The Anglo-American artist George Boughton was highly acclaimed for his humorous, sometimes sentimental subjects. In the early 1880s, he visited the Dutch coastal towns searching for picturesque subjects. Here, he contrasts the appearances of a pretty Dutch milkmaid and a wizened seaman.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	examined for loan
5/17/1977	Treatment	coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced
5/17/1977	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.

Provenance Dechamps, London; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Inscriptions "G. H. Boughton," signed lower left

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1882

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Creator

George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905) (Artist)

Period

ca. 1882

Medium

oil on panel
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

37.198

Measurements

H: 20 15/16 x W: 14 in. (53.2 x 35.5 cm); Framed H: 32 1/2 × W: 25 1/2 × D: 4 in. (82.55 × 64.77 × 10.16 cm)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Fourth Floor: Building the Collection - 19th-Century European and American Art