Title: The Birth of Venus
Object type: Painting
Date: 1875
Artist:  Alexandre Cabanel 
Artist bio: French, Montpellier 1823–1889 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 3/4 x 71 7/8 in. (106 x 182.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of John Wolfe, 1893
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Female Nudes, term: Putti, term: Venus, term: Seas