Pedestal
Italian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Marble
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732922.2
Summary
Marble pedestal for a sculpture of The Venus de' Medici, Italian School, late 18th century. Inscribed 'VENUS ANADYOMENE / VULCATO COGNOMINE MEDICEA'.
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