Carlotta Chabert as Venus

Carlotta Chabert as Venus
ArtistFrancesco Hayez
Year1830
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions183 cm × 137 cm (72 in × 54 in)
LocationMuseum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Trento

Carlotta Chabert as Venus is an 1830 portrait painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. It depicts the celebrated ballerina Carlotta Chabert in the role of the Roman Goddess Venus.[1] Due to the presence of two doves in the painting it is also known as Venus with Doves.[2] Today it is in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rosenthal p.76-77
  2. ^ Fabbri p.264
  3. ^ Lankheit p.247

Bibliography

  • Fabbri, Paolo. The Nude: Ideal and Reality : from Neoclassicism to Toda. ArtificioSkira, 2004.
  • Lankheit, Klaus. Revolution und Restauration. DuMont, 1988.
  • Rosenthal, Léon. Romanticism. Parkstone International, 2023.
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