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Copy after Botticelli

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Weir likely made this watercolor copy after Botticelli’s painting of the same name　(ca. 1470–75; Musée du Louvre, Paris) when he was studying in Paris in the 1870s. As a student of the École des Beaux-Arts, he would have been encouraged to study the works of the old masters at the Louvre. Much celebrated today, Botticelli’s reputation was undergoing a revival in the mid-nineteenth century when he was "rediscovered" by British critic and painter John Ruskin (1819–1900) and the Pre-Raphaelites. Critic Walter Pater (1839–1894) wrote a glowing essay about Botticelli in 1870, describing him as "a poetical painter" who blends "the charm of story and sentiment."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Copy after Botticelli
  • Artist: Julian Alden Weir (American, West Point, New York 1852–1919 New York)
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 3/8 in. (24.3 x 16.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Coe Kerr Gallery, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.372
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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