Venus de' Medici
Italian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
508 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731852
Summary
Bronze sculpture, Venus de' Medici, Italian School, early 18th century. A full-length figure on a square base, fine patina. The Duke of Marlborough had a bronze copy and none were taken from the original statue after 1722, copies made by Keller brothers.
Makers and roles
Italian School, sculptor
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