Venus and Neptune
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dechamps, London; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
Examination | examined for loan | |
5/17/1977 | Treatment | cleaned |
5/17/1977 | Treatment | coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced |
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)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1882
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.198