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Venus and Adonis

painting attributed to Charles André van Loo
VisualArtwork painting Q106329594
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Summary

Venus and Adonis is a painting[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Charles-André van Loo[3]
  • Instance of: underpainting[4]
  • Owned by: French State[5]
  • Genre: mythological painting[6]
  • Depicts: Adonis[7], Venus[8], putto[9], drapery[10], sky[11]
  • Made from material: oil paint[12], canvas[13]
  • Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau[14], Department of Paintings of the Louvre[15]
  • Inventory number: D.872.5.21[16], MI 1423[17]
  • Location: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau[18]
  • Inception: 1800[19]
  • Main subject: Venus and Adonis[20]
  • Described at URL: http://mba-pau.opacweb.fr/fr/search-notice/detail/d-872-5-21-venu-f202f[21]
  • Title: Endymion et Séléné[22]
  • Height: 60 cm[23]
  • Width: 72 cm[24]
  • Copyright status: public domain[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ~2026-55258-43 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → painting, underpainting
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: oil painting"
  2. 6d ago · Jcmoissinac · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → French State
    Title → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Endymion et Séléné'}
    Instance of → painting, underpainting
    Location → Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Depicts: putto, Ajout par Jcmoissinac, à partir d'une analyse de l'image tirée de Q106329594."
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