The Birth of Venus

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1753, Musée Grobet-Labadié

‘The Birth of Venus’ is a work by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (France, 1732–1806). It is dated 1753. It is part of the collection Musée Grobet-Labadié. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Rococo’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 49 × 80 cm. The work belongs to the genres nude and mythological painting. The things depicted include nudity, woman, birth, and putto.