Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Birth of Venus
Alternate Title:
Venere che nasce dalla conchiglia
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Pelagio Palagi (Italian painter, 1775-1860)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Comunale, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo d’Accursio; Piazza Maggiore 6
GPS:
44.494167 11.341389
Date:
1830 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
183 cm (height) x 157 cm (width)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Venus (Roman deity)
Description:
Palagi’s more lyrical, sentimental style was allied to the Bolognese school and to such artists as Guido Reni. While in Rome he was influenced by the work of Ingres. His early academic style, with its tendency towards Neo-classical subjects and formulae, continued even after the taste changed to Romanticism. In 1815 Palagi left Rome and shortly afterwards settled in Milan, where he remained until 1832, establishing a private school of painting and architecture. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PALG-PC-BV-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Birth of Venus