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A. Large Bronze Figure Of The Venus Medici. 19th Century, After The Antique.
A large patinated bronze figure of the Venus Medici or Venus Pudica. After the antique attributed to Cleomenes of Athens (kept in Florence, Uffizi Gallery).
The goddess hides her genitals with her left hand and her breasts with her right hand, hence her nickname Venus Pudica. The goddess is represented in her movement as if surprised when she comes out of the water (as the dolphin at her feet evokes). Long kept at the Villa Medici, very probably known by Botticelli who was inspired by it for The Birth of Venus.
Work attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry, stamp of Achille Collas Mechanical reduction.
Second half of the 19th century, circa 1870.
Height: 64 cm X Width: 20 cm X Depth: 16 cm
The goddess hides her genitals with her left hand and her breasts with her right hand, hence her nickname Venus Pudica. The goddess is represented in her movement as if surprised when she comes out of the water (as the dolphin at her feet evokes). Long kept at the Villa Medici, very probably known by Botticelli who was inspired by it for The Birth of Venus.
Work attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry, stamp of Achille Collas Mechanical reduction.
Second half of the 19th century, circa 1870.
Height: 64 cm X Width: 20 cm X Depth: 16 cm
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