The Full Figured Woman:A Visual History

Venus of Dolni Vestonice, 29,000 BCE

Venus of Willendorf 28,000 BCE

Venus of Lespugue24,000 BCE

Venus of Laussel25,000 BCE

Venus of Moravany22,000 BCE

Crouching Aphrodite(Roman copy, 3rd cent.)

Pompeii Wall Muralsc. 79 AD

Giorgione (1477-1510)Pastoral Concert c.1509

Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547) The Death of Adonis c.1511-12

Palma Vecchio (1480–1528) Jupiter in the Shape of Diana Appears

Before Callisto

Titian Venus and an Organist and Little Dog c.1550

Titian Venus and the Lute Player c.1565–70

Paolo VeroneseActeon and Diana with Nymphs

c. 1562–65

Ippolito Scarsellino (1550–1620) Diana and Acteon

Palma Giovane Mars and Venus c.1585–90

Peter Paul RubensVenus Wounded by a Thorn c. 1608-1610

Peter Paul RubensVenus at a Mirror c. 1615

Peter Paul RubensCimone and Efigenia c. 1617

Jacob Jordaens The Daughters of Cecrops Finding the Child Erichtonius c. 1617

Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1656)Lucretia c. 1621

Peter Paul Rubensdetail from The Disembarkation at Marseille

c. 1622-1625

Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1656)Cleopatra c. 1630

Peter Paul RubensThree Graces c. 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Danaë 1636

Cornelis de Vos (c.1584–1651) detail from The Birth of Venus 1636

Peter Paul RubensDiana and Callisto c. 1639

Jacob Jordaensdetail from Diana and Actaeon c. 1640

Il Padovanino (1588–1648) Venus with Cupids

Simon Vouet (1590-1649)Danae c. 1640s

Bernardo Strozzi The Viola da Gamba

Player (portrait of Barbara Strozzi) c.

1630-1640

Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1608–1667) Woman with a Basket of Fruit c. 1642

Jacob Jordaens King Candaules of Lydia Showing His Wife to Gyges 1646

Jacob Jordaensdetails from The Abundance of the Earth c.1649

Cesar van Everdingen The Rape of

Europa c. 1650

RembrandtBathsheba at Her Bath c. 1654

Johann Carl Loth (1632–1698) Eve Tempting Adam c. 1655–1698

Pietro Liberi (1605–1687) Diana and Callisto

Luca Giordano Diana and Niobe 1675–79

Domenico Viani (1668–1711) Venus with Two Cupids

Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) Allegory of Painting c. 1708

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741) Bathsheba at Her Toilet c. 1708-1711

Charlier JacquesDiana and Nymphs c. 1720

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venus with a Mirror c. 1725

Pierre-Antoine Quillard (1701–1730) The Four Seasons: Summer c.1725–29

François BoucherHercules and Omphale c. 1735

François Boucher Head of a Young Girl

c. 1740-1750

François BoucherOdalisque c. 1745

Jean-Baptiste GreuzeIndolence c. 1756-1757

François BoucherPan and Syrinx c. 1759

Francisco GoyaDoña Isabel Cobos de Porcel c. 1805

Eugene Delacroixdetails from Death of Sardanapalus c. 1827

William Etty (1787-1849)Nude Woman Asleep c. 1828-30

William EttyFemale Nude With a Cast of

Venus de Medici c.1835-37

William Ettydetail from The Coral Finder Venus and her

Youthful Satellites c. 1828-1848

Gustave Courbetdetail from Lot and his Daughters 1844

Gustave Courbet detail from The Bathers c. 1853

Gustave CourbetFemale Nude with a Dog c. 1861

Jean-Auguste Dominque IngresTurkish Bath c. 1862

Jean-Auguste Dominque Ingresstudy for Turkish Bath (Woman with three arms)

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Anders Zorndetail from

Women Bathing in the Sauna

c.1906

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Paul Cezannedetail from Pastoral Idyll 1870

Leda and the Swan 1882

Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

Lysistrata c. 1896

Lillian Russell (1860-1922)American actress

Pablo PicassoDutch Girl c.1905

Walter SickertThe Dutch c.1906

Frantisek Kupkadetail from Autumn Sun, Three Goddesses c.1906

Franz MarcNude with Cat c.1910

Marcel DuchampBaptism c.1911

Boris Kustodiev Beauty c.1915

Ilya MashkovNude c.1918

David BurliukIn the Bathouse c.1910s

Felix VallottonSquatted Woman Offering

Milk to a Cat c.1919

Felix VallottonWoman with Red Shawl c.1920

Tamara de LempickaNu assis c. 1923

Moise KislingKiki de Montparnasse c. 1920s

Gaston LachaiseWoman (Biggest Little Woman in the World)

c. 1920s

Max BeckmannMotherhood c. 1920s

Gaston LachaiseAcrobat c.1926

Ilya MashkovOn the Beach c.1926

Otto Dixdetail from Three Wenches c.1926

Otto Dixdetail from Salon c.1927

Pyotr KonchalovskyModel with Red Hair by the Mirror c.1928

Seated Nude c.1918

Unknown

Unknown

Gaston LachaiseStanding Woman c.1932

Giorgio de ChiricoNude Woman on the Beach c.1932

Pablo PicassoReclining Nude c.1932

Duane BryersHilda c. 1950s

Duane BryersHilda c. 1950s

1950s Postcard[Negative portrayal of the full-figure]

Frank Frazetta fl. 1950s-1970s

Fernando BoteroTribute to Bonnard

c.1972

Joel Peter-WitkinCourbet in Rejlander's Pool, New Mexico c. 1985

Ernst Fuchs c. 1988

Fernando BoteroStatues in Madrid c. 1994

Jan Saudekfl. 1990s

Jan Saudekfl. 1990s

Laurie Toby Edison Photographs from Women en Large

c. 1994

Odd NerdrumWoman c. 1995

Lucian FreudWoman Sleeping c. 1995

Lucian FreudBenefits Supervisor Resting (Sue Tilley) c. 1995

Jeanne Lorioz (b. 1954)

Jeanne Lorioz (b. 1954)

Herlinde Koeblfrom Starke Frauen c.1996

Kim Hunter Modesty Robust

c. 1996

Unknown c. 2004

Unknown c. 2004

Unknown (Matuse?) c. 2005

Leonard Nimoy“Three Graces” from Full Body Project c. 2007

Julia Fullerton-Battenfrom Unadorned series 2012

Xu Hongfei c. 2010

Unknown

Adam Schultz

Karen Portaleo

Pamela MummyPhantom Phrolic c. 2008-2011 A Generous Thought

c. 2008-2011

Unknown

Jennifer Fox

Unknown

Chris MaherFull Figured Nude c. 2011

Chris MaherFull Figured Nude c. 2011

Unknown

Joanne ClaxtonMasked Female Nude c. 2011

Chuck MillerSeated Nude c. 2011

Laura CulhamVoluptuous Nude c. 2012

Rayven Collins

Two Nude Ladies

Seated Goddess

Rayven Collins

Layers

Baby Got Back

Yossi LoloiFull Beauty Project c. 2013

Katie FinleyLady in the Striped Garters c. 2013

Juliya ZhukovaSeraphima c. 2014

Body Image Then

Body Image Now

Rayven Collins Define Perfect

Rear View of the Female from Albrecht Durer’s Notes

c. 1528