FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: Venus Anadyomene (c.1772)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Barry, James 1741-1806 (Primary maker)
Barry, James 1741-1806 (artist)
Date Made: 1772 (circa)
1772
1772 (circa)
Description: Venus rising from the sea to the clouds. A cupid sits poised behind her and a pair of turtle doves sit in the clouds to the left. A hippocamus in the sea at the bottom right.
Materials: oil on canvas
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U14
Copyright: National Museums NI. Donated by Mrs. Aileen Bodkin in memory of her husband, Professor Thomas Bodkin.

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