Venus Italica
Italian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Alabaster
Measurements
460 mm (H); 112 mm (W); 112 mm (D)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401984
Summary
Alabaster, Venus Italica, Italian School, after Antonio Canova (Possagno 1757 - Venice 1822), 19th century. A reduced figurine carved of alabaster, depicting the Venus Italica, after Canova. Mounted on a fluted columnar pedestal.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Italian School, sculptor after Antonio Canova (Possagno 1757 - Venice 1822), sculptor