California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

The painting "Venus Anadyomene" by Bocklan, depicting a nude woman raised from the sea by cherubs, [s.d.]

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The painting "Venus Anadyomene" by Bocklan, depicting a nude woman raised from the sea by cherubs, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the painting "Venus Anadyomene" by Bocklan, depicting a nude woman raised from the sea by cherubs, [s.d.]. The woman is pictured in full figure at center, her dark hair cropped short to her head. Above, cupids pull on strands of seaweed to raise her from the sea, the centermost in the act of putting a garland on her head. Beneath the woman's feet, a hump and splashing tail are visible, suggesting a whale, although the eyes painted on what is visible of the head seem cartoonish and primate-like. A rocky island is visible along the horizon in the distance.; "Anadyomene is a name of Aphrodite when she was represented as rising from the sea. Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love. The Romans called her Venus." -- unknown author.

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Title The painting "Venus Anadyomene" by Bocklan, depicting a nude woman raised from the sea by cherubs, [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Roman (file heading), seas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Creator Bocklan, Arnold (artist), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18279

Identifier 8934 (accession number), CHS-8934 (call number), CHS-8934 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15806 (legacy record id), chs-m18279 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), H-1555 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15806

Unique identifier UC113977

Legacy Identifier CHS-8934.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 20.2 in at 300dpi
41.4 cm × 51.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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