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title: The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau
author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/712/the-birth-of-venus-by-bouguereau/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau

_Authored by William-Adolphe Bouguereau_

## Image File

[![The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/712.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/712.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Birth of [Venus](https://www.worldhistory.org/venus/) (1879 CE) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905 CE). Musée d'Orsay, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Bouguereau, W. (2012, June 24). The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/712/the-birth-of-venus-by-bouguereau/>
### Chicago
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe. "The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 24, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/712/the-birth-of-venus-by-bouguereau/>.
### MLA
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe. "The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jun 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/712/the-birth-of-venus-by-bouguereau/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_Venus_by_William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1879).jpg) by [**William-Adolphe Bouguereau**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_Venus_by_William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1879).jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 24 June 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.