Venus Pudica
Statuette
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
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This statuette is a crude modern copy of a model popular in the 16th century which probably derives from a documented statuette by the Mantuan bronzist Antico, of which no original example appears to have survived. The bronze has been given a spurious antiquity by mounting it on a genuine 16th century candlestick base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, depicting Venus Pudica with a mirror, adapted from an antique prototype, Italy, 19th century |
| Physical description | Bronze statuette of Venus with a mirror. Naked standing figure of the type of the 'pudic Aphrodite', but with a small mirror in her right hand into which she is looking. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | From the Salting bequest. Historical significance: A crude modern copy of a model popular in the 16th century which probably derives from a documented statuette by the Mantuan bronzist Antico, of which no original example appears to have survived. The bronze has been given a spurious antiquity by mounting on a genuine 16th century candlestick base. |
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| Summary | This statuette is a crude modern copy of a model popular in the 16th century which probably derives from a documented statuette by the Mantuan bronzist Antico, of which no original example appears to have survived. The bronze has been given a spurious antiquity by mounting it on a genuine 16th century candlestick base. |
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| Accession number | A.140-1910 |
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| Record created | October 22, 2004 |
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