Venus de' Medici
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Alabaster
Measurements
420 x 122 mms; 122 mms (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355665
Summary
Alabaster sculpture, Venus de' Medici, 19th century.. Naked female figure standing on carved stonework on a circular plinth with swags. Standing against tree trunk with mythical creature supporting two cupids.
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 88