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

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An image of 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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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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