Venus holding a heart
Statuette
c.1600 (made)
c.1600 (made)
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This statuette of Venus holding a heart would have been originally accompanied by a figure of Cupid. The elongated proportions of the body are typical of Netherlandish sculpture of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Title | Venus holding a heart |
Materials and techniques | pearwood |
Brief description | Pearwood statuette of Venus holding a heart. South Netherlands, c.1600. |
Physical description | Statuette. Wood. A nude figure of a female, standing and raising a heart in her right hand, while clutching a piece of drapery in her left. |
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Gallery label | VENUS HOLDING HEART
South Netherlandish, Antwerp, around 1600
Pearwood
Venus is the Roman goddess of love and she would have originally been shown accompanied by a figure of Cupid. The elongated proportions of the body are typical of Netherlandish sculpture of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
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Summary | This statuette of Venus holding a heart would have been originally accompanied by a figure of Cupid. The elongated proportions of the body are typical of Netherlandish sculpture of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. |
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Accession number | 344-1885 |
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Record created | September 8, 2008 |
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