15929993490001312637261000Standard Recordobject-13918170292704602917029081960001702926927855fitz-onlineadlib-object-13918https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13918e2801d7c-cf08-31e6-b4fd-a6a5cb44e14111personreferenceagent-139324adlib-agent-139324412c46d0-b7b7-3980-8ca2-6c1babc8909aVenusreferenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-37800adlib-term-37800bb8b4c90-74d1-33af-a96c-a66c322ae34dgreen marblePlinthDepthcm7.6Heightcm25.5Widthcm7.9VenusFigurecopper alloy, probaby bronze, gilt, cast and chasedreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)stopping short at the rearreferenceterm-29641adlib-term-296412cca4338-6a77-3f63-9174-0a137a118930chasingreferenceterm-1111adlib-term-111146c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09mythologyApplied ArtsCopper alloy, probably bronze, gilt. Venus stands with draperies billowing out leaving her shoulders, legs and bust bare. In both hands she holds flowers and her left foot rests on a dolphin's head. Her head is turned slightly to the right and is turned downwards. Mounted on a green marble plinth.no. 21referenceexhibition-1675adlib-exhibition-167510c2903c-a764-3da2-b2d5-7d3ba2352474Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgereferenceexhibition-1887adlib-exhibition-1887ad7b6b61-9df3-34cb-9675-b711ea766ba9Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005)M.19B-19501accession numberM.19B-195013918priref13918external IDCAM_CCF_M_19B_1950urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13918https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13918referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149645adlib-agent-14964510925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14dThe Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum195019501950givenEntry date: 1950-11-0417001700CE1700circa1700173011730CE17301730sculptorreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownA figure for a niche in a tall cabinet, the chasing stopping short at the rear.Previously thought by Mr Goldschmidt and John Pope Henessey (7.10.63) to be in the style of Tiziano Aspetti (1565-1607).referenceterm-106655adlib-term-106655ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec18th Century, Early#referenceterm-106518adlib-term-106518e3082340-b0d5-357a-ab15-283024f9bed7literalItalyItalycountryVeniceprobably bronze, giltreferenceterm-39741adlib-term-3974147d44741-af05-37c3-b21e-0e278b114f3bcopper alloyreferenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzereferencemedia-12064adlib-media-12064a685a479-7337-39e3-959b-f6fee9bcd277jpegaa/aa19/M_19B_1950.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels40017029267472991imagejpegaa/aa19/M_19B_1950.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels40017029267472991imagejpegaa/aa19/M_19B_1950.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels40017029267472991imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_M_19B_1950.jpg1heightpixels475widthpixels25017029267472991image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory note(with M.19A-1950) Henry Harris Collection; sold Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1950, part of lot 93, as 'Mar's and 'Venus'; bought A. Spero (£240); given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1950.1referenceobject-13916adlib-object-139167f6191e3-a6fb-3f76-9494-8a72cfe840e91reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKPubl. Ill. p. 4, see also p. 2p. 4referencepublication-3147adlib-publication-314721b70321-7789-3816-87ca-a786738c887fFriends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Forty-second Annual Report, for the Year 1950Publ. Mentioned, as similar Venus and Minerva statue to lot no. 153, p. 69p. 69referencepublication-2071adlib-publication-20712a1d7d2e-fbdc-37d7-a1c7-beda53969109Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 12th December 1991Publ. pp. 158-163, 268, no. 21pp. 158-163referencepublication-3259adlib-publication-3259a66336df-0598-3f93-8c6d-4d1fa070ea38Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeanimalreferenceterm-61481adlib-term-6148148d6dc11-d6cb-3413-a177-f2893b11e0f6dolphinliteraldolphindolphinreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureVenusobject
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