Venus de' Medici
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Spelter (zinc)
Measurements
1600 x 500 x 500 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784365
Summary
Spelter (zinc) sculpture, Venus de' Medici. Similar to eighteenth-century Venus's at Powis Castle and Rousham Park. The zinc sculpture is finished with dark brown paint to imitate patinated bronze.
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