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Townley Venus: FT3

Current Location: Founder's Entrance Hall Upper Landing

Titles

Townley Venus

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Plaster cast after the 'Townley Venus', a 1st- or 2nd-century CE Roman marble statue now in the British Museum

Notes

History note: The cast was presented to the Museum by P. B. Duncan, in 1849 (according to an inscription on the base).

Legal notes

Presented by P. B. Duncan in 1849.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1849) by Duncan, P. B.

Note

This cast is after the 'Townley Venus', a 1st- or 2nd-century CE Roman marble statue now in the British Museum, adapted from a lost Greek original of the 4th century BCE.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Plaster cast

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: FT3
Primary reference Number: 241894
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1849

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 12 August 2020 Updated: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Townley Venus" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/241894 Accessed: 2024-04-18 22:57:59

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/241894 |title=Townley Venus |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 22:57:59|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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