The Birth of Venus - Redon

The Birth of Venus
Odilon Redon
1912
Oil on canvas
56 1/2 x 24 1/2" (166.4 x 86.4 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Odilon Redon was a French painter and graphic artist, one of the outstanding figures of Symbolism.

Venus Rising the Star - Gérôme

Venus Rising the Star
Jean-Léon Gérôme

I'm afraid I don't know much about this work. I'll add information as I come across it.

Apparently you can buy a copy of this painting at Target.

Birth of Venus - Duval

Birth of Venus

Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval

1862

French painter Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval did a beautiful version, as you can see.

You may also note that she has no pubic hair, which seems typical of the time period.

Aphrodite Anadyomene - a terracotta sculpture

This is Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea) in her sea shell. Terracotta, made in Amisos (Pontus), late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD, found in Kertch (ancient Panticapaeum).
15 cm (5 in) tall.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Venus Anadyomène - Ingres

Venus Anadyomène

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

1848

Oil on canvas

164 × 82 cm

Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

This is a gorgeous work from French painter Ingres.

Venus Anadyomene - Chasseriau

Venus Anadyomene
Théodore Chasseriau
1838
65x55 cm
The Louvre, Paris, France.

Another beautiful image, this one from French painter Théodore Chasseriau

Birth of Venus - Boucher

Birth of Venus
François Boucher
1750

Boucher's version is also beautiful. He was a French Rococo painter known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, allegories of the arts, or pastoral scenes.

Venus Anadyomène - Lombardo

Venus Anadyomène

1516

41 x 23 cm

Antonio Lombardo

marble

Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Inscribed on base: NVDA VENVS MADDIDAS EXPRIMIT IMBRE COMA. I have no idea what that means.

The Birth of Venus - Genichiro Inokuma

The Birth of Venus

Genichiro Inokuma

1940

Oil on canvas

I just came across this lovely modern work by Japanese artist Genichiro Inokuma.

Aphrodite fountain in Mexico City

This is a photo of the Aphrodite fountain in Mexico City, Mexico.

Venus Anadyomene - A Pompeian mural

This is a fresco from Pompei, Casa dei Venus, 1st century AD. It was dug out in 1960. The artist is not known.

The Birth of Venus - Cabanel

The Birth of Venus

Alexandre Cabanel

1863

oil on canvas, 130 x 225 cm.

Paris, Musée d'Orsay

I love this version by French Academic painter Alexandre Cabanel.

There is also a smaller version of this work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Venus Anadyomene - Titian

Venus Anadyomene

Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

1525

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Scotland

Edinborough, Scotland.

Titian's version just includes the shell as an accessory, rather than as a mode of transportation.

The color titian is derived from the artist's name because he used a brownish orange color in a lot of his paintings.

The Birth of Venus - Bouguereau

The Birth of Venus
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879
Oil on canvas
300 × 218 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

One of my favorite versions of the Birth of Venus is this one by the French Academic painter Bouguereau.

Bouguereau used his influence to open many French art institutions to women for the first time, including the Académie française.

The Birth of Venus - Botticelli

The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482–1486.
Tempura on canvas
172.5 × 278.5 cm, 67.9 × 109.6 in
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Lots of artists painted the birth of Venus. Botticelli's is probably the most famous.

The classical goddess Venus was born fully grown, and rose up from the sea on a shell. She was then blown towards shore by the Zephyrs, symbols of spiritual passions. She is joined by one of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons, who hands her a flowered cloak.

In classical antiquity, the sea shell was a symbol for a woman's vulva.

Venus was the Roman goddess of love, and was borrowed from the Greek goddess Aphrodite.