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The Callipygian Venus
Factory: uncertain
Greyish-white hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed
Glazed hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed, including the underside. The figure stands on an irregularly shaped low base with a C scroll on one side at the front. Venus stands on her left leg with righta little behind it with relaxed knee. She leans back and to her right holding up her drape in her left arm beside her head and holding it out to her left with her right arm. A part of the drape is wrapped over her right upper arm, and the main part falls down to the ground behind her.
History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 8 October, 1920, lot 126
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 61 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
The model was derived from the Callipygian Venus now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. In the 18th century it was in the Farnese Collection in Rome, and from at least 1792 at Capodimonte. Porcelain reductions were made at Doccia and Sèvres.
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed
Glazing
Inscription present: open 4 or Roman 9 or 11
Inscription present: Rectangular paper stick-on label with rounded top corners and narrow blue border
Accession number: C.3213-1928
Primary reference Number: 74512
Old object number: 3811
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Callipygian Venus" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74512 Accessed: 2024-11-24 23:59:07
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