Antoine-François Callet - Recumbent Venus in a Panoramic Landscape Recumbent Galatea in a Shell
Antoine-François Callet
Recumbent Venus in a Panoramic Landscape Recumbent Galatea in a Shell
Oil on panel. 25 x 35.5 cm and 24.5 x 35.5 cm.
Inscribed lower right: A.F. Callet.
These depictions of two recumbent goddesses in carved frames could be intended as allegories of the elements of earth and water and may have belonged to a complete series of the four elements. However, the principal focus of these cabinet paintings is of course the depiction of sumptuous female nudes.
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Antoine-François Callet
Recumbent Venus in a Panoramic Landscape Recumbent Galatea in a Shell
Oil on panel. 25 x 35.5 cm and 24.5 x 35.5 cm.
Inscribed lower right: A.F. Callet.
These depictions of two recumbent goddesses in carved frames could be intended as allegories of the elements of earth and water and may have belonged to a complete series of the four elements. However, the principal focus of these cabinet paintings is of course the depiction of sumptuous female nudes.
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