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Venus and Neptune

George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905) (Artist)
ca. 1882
oil on panel
(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.

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"G. H. Boughton," signed lower left

Provenance
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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
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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.

37.198

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Baltimore, MD
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