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Venus Italica (or Italian Venus): M.1-1849

Object information

Current Location: Founder's Entrance Hall Upper Landing

Titles

Venus Italica (or Italian Venus)

Maker(s)

Canova, Antonio (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Plaster cast of Canova's marble original in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

Notes

History note: C. Maude, Esq., Bathampton Manor House, Bath

Legal notes

Given by Charles T. Maud, Esq., in 1849.

Measurements and weight

Too high to measure. The Possagno example is H. 172 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1849-10-27) by Maud, C.

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1819

Note

Plaster cast of Canova's marble statue known as the Venus Italica, in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The original marble (executed in 1810) was commissioned by Lodovico I of Etruria in 1804 to replace the famous antique Roman statue of Venus, known as the 'Medici Venus', which had been taken to Paris by the French after Napoleon's invasion of Italy. The Medici Venus was a 1st-century BCE Roman copy of a Greek work by Cleomenes of Athens.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Plaster cast

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.1-1849
Primary reference Number: 29518
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1849
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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