The Loves of the gods: Mars and Venus, after François Boucher

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The Loves of the gods: Mars and Venus. Boucher, François, after (French, 1703-1770). Oil on canvas, height 58 cm, width 66 cm.

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Accession Number: PD.14-1980
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Image height: 889 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 156.47kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2000:01:02 16:50:06

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18th Century Aphrodite Ares Boucher female female nude Fitz_PDP Francois Boucher French God of War goddess lovers loves male male nude Mars mirrors mythological mythology nude oil on canvas painting Rococo Venus

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