Venus Pudica | |
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Title/s | Venus Pudica |
Maker/s | Marchesi, Pompeo (sculptor) [ULAN info: Italian sculptor, 1789-1858] |
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sculpture |
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figure |
Description | White marble, carved in the round. Reclining, partially draped figure of Venus. |
Production Notes | Executed for Duca Pompeo Litta Vsconti Arese |
Production Place | Milan (place) Italy (country) Milanese (nationality) Italian (nationality) |
Technique Description | white marble, carved |
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Period | 19th century |
Date | 1829 |
Provenance | bought: Gallery Heim 1974 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Carved for Duca Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese, and situated in one of the grottos of the Nymphaeum of the Villa Lainate, near Milan reputedly from a palazzo in Rome; acquired in England by Gallery Heim, London and exhibited in their Autumn Exhibition, 1972, London, Paintings and Sculpture 1770-1830.Purchased with the Cunliffe, Perceval, and Webb Funds, aided by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam, the Pilgrim Trust and a Grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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Accession Number | M.6-1974 (Applied Arts) |

