Title

Venus and Neptune, c1882. Creator: George Henry Boughton.

Caption

Venus and Neptune, c1882. The Anglo-American artist George Boughton was highly acclaimed for his humorous, sometimes sentimental subjects. In the early 1880s, he visited the Dutch coastal towns searching for picturesque subjects. Here, he contrasts the appearances of a pretty Dutch milkmaid and a wizened seaman.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B21_374

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,8Mb (1,5Mb) / 11,0in x 16,5in / 3301 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe portrait standing coast women woman people activities job man men footwear religious sailing arts painting coastal country religion harbour art guy occupation clothes Netherlands Dutch activity color confrontation boot boots smoking dress deity God Neptune location Victorian century clog clogs speaking profession cigar cigars cobbled cobbles clothing confronting position concept face to face smoker Venus APPAREL two people full length posture full-length goddess hands on hips sailor poseidon oil Painting United States of America Colour elderly man 19th century 1880s nineteenth century American America USA milkmaid old salt seaman TGN oil united states young women talking old man old men young woman oil on panel sea god God of the sea George Henry Boughton GH Boughton Boughton George Henry Heritage Art oil on panel god of sea Low Countries 19th-century Carriage boot clothing & dress fashion & clothing