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The Venus of The Hague – 09-07-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
The Venus of The Hague – 09-07-20 Animals kept crawling in so it was inevitable to incorporate
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Venus of The Hague – 23-07-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
The Venus of The Hague – 23-07-20 Being a deep sea fish a coelacanth hardly ever come face to
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Circle of Angelika Kauffmann, Venus and Amor, Arrow and Spindle, Oval Drawing
Located in Greven, DE
Amor with his arrows and perhaps Venus with a spindle. Both are weaving a thread. Perhaps the female
Category
18th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Handmade Paper
$1,139 Sale Price
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Art Deco nude drawing
Venus a la Coquille
, circle of Raoul Dufy
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Raoul Dufy (French b. 1877 - 1953)
Venus a la Coquille
Gouache / watercolour on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"The birth of Venus" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past.
Venus has been described as
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Rebirth of Venus
By David LaChapelle
Located in New York, NY
Sandro Botticelli’s iconic painting The Birth of Venus (click here) was created in the late 15th
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Period Italian Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Follower Painting
Located in Roma, IT
ceiling painting of Mars, Venus and Mercury and six lunettes featuring episodes of Roman history have a
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Urbino, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
. Made with oil paint on canvas, the painting is modeled after the famed painting by Titian, Venus of
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Allegory of Autumn with Bacchus, studio of Louis de Caullery, 17th c. Antwerp
Located in PARIS, FR
of three paintings: Homage to Venus, Ceres, Bacchus, circa 1617-1620, Rosenborg Castle, Danish Royal
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Kosta Boda Venus Clam
By Asa Jungnelius
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
famous painting, The Birth of Venus, from the 1480s, in which the Roman goddess Venus emerges on a clam
Category
2010s Swedish Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Crystal
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - My Fairy Tales
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Beijing.
This painting reminds us of Venus in the Mirror by Velazquez. What we are familiar with is the
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format.
By Lluis Rizzo Rey
Located in Segovia, ES
us of Sandro Botichelli's painting "The Birth of Venus".
The petals lull her like a bed, cover her
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Wood Panel
Lluis Rizzo Rey"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format., 2008
$39,873 Sale Price
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1990s D&G Botticelli birth of Venus sheer silk dress
By Dolce
Gabbana
Located in Milano, Lombardia
iconic Sandro Botticelli painting, arguably one of the most influential painting of history: The Birth Of
Category
Late 20th Century Formal Gowns
Preben Fjerderholt “Self-portrait in half figure”. Oil on canvas
Located in Kastrup, DK
position as Venus in Sandro Botticelli's painting 'Birth of Venus' from 1485
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Botticelli Donuts" Birth of Venus Pop Art photo arrangement of donuts Rag paper
By Candice CMC
Located in Southampton, NY
image inspired by the iconic painting by Botticelli, "The Birth of Venus". I included an image in this
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Ancient Roman Gold Banded Agate Intaglio Ring Of A Sea Hare And Shell
Located in Firenze, IT
the ring. The engraving depicts a sea hare emerging from a shell, both symbols associated with Venus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings
Materials
Agate, Gold, 22k Gold
Fragonard Porcelain Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer Set
By (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
pastoral landscapes and incorporated in their paintings myths of love, cherubs, cupids, venus and mythical
Category
Mid-20th Century German Louis XIV Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
VERGER FRERES 1905 Edwardian Enameled Pendant Watch In Platinum
Diamonds
By Verger Frères
Located in Miami, FL
panel by the French master enameller Fernand Paillet. The miniature painting depicts the draped figure
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
$8,760 Sale Price
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Bacchanal
By Giovanni Andrea Podestà
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Luca in Rome. He died in Genoa.
Work
A majority of Podestà's paintings depict children playing amid
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Belle Époque Miniature Pendant
Located in London, GB
delicate miniature painting of Venus and Eros, painted white against a pale blue background “en grisaille
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Drop Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Oil on Canvas Painting of Venus by Fred Samuelson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This oil on canvas painting was acquired from a Palm Beach estate and it dates to the mid-1970s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
The Birth of Venus, oil painting, figurative, mythological, bright, Venus
Located in London, GB
Venus, known as Aphrodite in Greek mythology, is a prominent and enchanting figure in ancient
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birth of Venus
By Michael Bergt
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Birth of Venus
colored pencil + gouache on paper
21.75 x 17.5 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
Birth of Venus
By Walter Bachinski
Located in Westmount, Montreal
populated with delicate ghost-like nude figures that seem to have emerged from a classical painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Venus of Fairfield
By Roy Albert Green
Located in Victoria, British Columbia
ROY ALBERT GREEN
Roy Green is a painter, poet and performance artist based in Victoria, BC, Canada. As a self-taught painter Green likens ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Birth of Venus I
By Roger Van Ouytsel
Located in Santa Fe, NM
1999, and finally finishing in 2012, Birth Of Venus offers layers upon layers of mystery and intrigue
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus of Belleek
By Charles Hartley
Located in Binghamton, NY
The sculpture of the Venus of Belleek is the primary subject of this still life. She is surrounded
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Scarf of Venus
By Sabine Schlindwein
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Abstract Acrylic-Pour painting by Germany-based artist Sabine Schlindwein. Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Venus of the Crostata
Located in PARIS, FR
Beau Gabriel (born in 1992 in New York) is a painter who lives and works in London. After graduating from Yale with a degree in Russian literature, he settled in Paris as a lawyer be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Re-Birth of Venus - Figurative Painting, Canvas, Contemporary, Art, Jimmy Millán
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
harmoniously composed.
Jimmy Millán: “I work almost according to manual, through mixing photography, painting
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
The Birth of Venus, Painting Signed Jules Alphonse TOULOT, 1903
Located in Paris, FR
"The birth of Venus ", oil on canvas signed below right A. TOULOT 03 (the 3 being written like a
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Triumph of Venus
By Conrad Martin Metz
Located in Rome, IT
Signed and dated lower right: C. M. Metz / Roma / 1819
The drawing of the Triumph of Venus, dated
Category
1810s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil
19th Century Oil Painting "The Toilette of Venus" after Francois Boucher
Located in Pasadena, CA
This incredible painting dates to the first half of the 19th century. It is a masterful recreation
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Reclining Nude - Venus
By Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller
Located in Frankfurt, DE
This erotic painting in manner of the lying Venus could be probably of the hand of Adolf Ulrik
Category
Early 19th Century Nude Paintings
Triumph of Venus, after Renaissance Revival Oil Painting by Agnolo Bronzino
By Agnolo Bronzino
Located in Fairhope, AL
This large, Fine Art Masterpiece is a faithful yet nuanced reproduction of "Triumph of Venus" while
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Paintings
Birth of Venus and Eros
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Zürich, CH
Salvador Dalí
El nacimiento de Eros y Venus (The Birth of Venus and Eros)
gouache, wash and pencil
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
ortrait Eleven - after Titian and Giorgione’s “Venus of Urbino” 3
By Dinora Justice
Located in Boston, MA
Portrait Eleven - after Titian and Giorgione’s “Venus of Urbino” 3, 2017, acrylic and oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Portrait Ten - after Titian and Giorgione “Venus of Urbino” 2
By Dinora Justice
Located in Boston, MA
Portrait Ten - after Titian and Giorgione “Venus of Urbino” 2, 2017, acrylic and oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sebastian Jaques Leclerc 18th Century "Venus and Mars" Painting Oil Canvas Frame
By Sebastian-Jacques Le Clerk
Located in Osnabrück, DE
1734-1785! (See description on backside)!
The title of the painting in named "Venus and Mars"! Painted
Category
Antique 1750s European Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas
“the Toilet of Venus” Oil on Canvas by Francesco Albani
By Francesco Albani
Located in Milan, IT
“The Toilet of Venus” Oil on canvas in Coeval frame. Expertise prof. E. Negro. Measurements cm. 68
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Paintings
Nina’s Song #5
By Jim Dine
Located in München, DE
element of his art. Since 1983, prints, drawings, oil paintings and sculptures of Venus have been produced
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
18kt gold drop-shaped earrings engraved painted in miniature and enamelled by us
By Fratelli Piccini
Located in Firenze, FI
draws inspiration from a detail of the dress of Hora depicted in the painting The Birth of Venus by
Category
2010s Italian Contemporary Bangles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Botticelli
s Risk
By Ellwood T. Risk
Located in Bellevue, WA
references the famous painting titled, The Birth of Venus, a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Resin, Wood Panel
Lizunova Morganite and Diamond 18 Karat Rose Gold and White Gold Ring
By Lizunova Fine Jewels
Located in Sydney, NSW
Inspired by the incredible beauty of Boticcelli's Renaissance painting, The Birth of Venus, this
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Morganite, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
18TH CENTURY OIL PAINTING OF VENUS AND ADONIS, CARLO MARATTA
Located in Essex, MA
Beautiful Oil on Canvas of Venus and Adonis in Roman Garb. Italian, School of Carlo Maratta
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting of Venus Directing Aeneas Her Son to Carthage after Angelica Kauffmann
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 19th century oil on canvas neoclassical work showing Venus directing her son Aeneas and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
(French School) 18th Century, An Exceptional Quality Portrait of Venus and Cupid
Located in Queens, NY
(French School) 18th Century, An Exceptional Quality Portrait Painting of Venus and Cupid, circa
Category
Late 18th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Flemish Painting, School of Rubens, Venus Mars and Cupid
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th century Flemish painting, school of Rubens. Venus Mars and Cupid.
Exciting mythological
Category
Antique 17th Century Belgian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Wood
(French School) 18th Century, An Exceptional Quality Portrait of Venus and Cupid
Located in Long Island City, NY
(French School) 18th Century, An Exceptional Quality Portrait Painting of Venus and Cupid, circa
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Fine Antique Satinwood
Painted Commode
Located in London, GB
In the neo classical style, the top centred with an oval painting of Venus and cupid resting amidst
Category
Antique 19th Century British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Oil painting of The Triumph of Venus
By Rudolf Friedrich von Deutsch
Located in London, GB
1888 and depicts 'The Triumph of Venus', sharing the same subject matter as an earlier painting by
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Francesco Albani workshop - 18th century figure painting - Toilet of Venus - Ita
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - Bologna 1660) workshop of - Toiletries of Venus.
81 x 84 cm
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whispers of Venus
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Whispers of Venus" is a thought-provoking piece that captures the ethereal and
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Birth of Venus Icon
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
"Birth of Venus Icon", 2018. Hand signed, titled, and dated by Graves on verso. This painting was
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Birth of Venus 1951
By Paul Garin
Located in Milan, IT
of Venus in the traditional nude female figure emerging from the waters of the sea standing on a
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venus Requesting Arms of Vulcana
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work…
This painting reimagines the moment when Cleopatra contemplates
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Birth of Venus, Large Oil Painting on Canvas by Louvre Copyist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Birth of Venus"
after Sandro BOTTICELLI (c.1445-1510)
oil painting on canvas, late 20th
Category
16th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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