The Toilet of Venus
Plaquette
second half of 16th century (made)
second half of 16th century (made)
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This plaquette in lead shows the Toilet of Venus and is made by Antonio Abondio in the second half of the sixteenth century in Italy.
It depicts the head and shoulders of Venus, a Cupid holds up a mirror in his left hand, and above another attendant, whose head only is seen, is plaiting the hair of Venus.
The medallist and sculptor Antonio Abondio was born in 1538 in Milan and died in 1596 in Vienna.
He and Leone Leoni were the only Italian medallists to be highly successful as court medallists north of the Alps. His eclectic style reflects Italian, German and Netherlandish sources. He was influenced by the Venetian Alessandro Vittoria and earlier by Alfonso Ruspagiari and the school of wax modellers and medallists centred on Reggio Emilia.
It depicts the head and shoulders of Venus, a Cupid holds up a mirror in his left hand, and above another attendant, whose head only is seen, is plaiting the hair of Venus.
The medallist and sculptor Antonio Abondio was born in 1538 in Milan and died in 1596 in Vienna.
He and Leone Leoni were the only Italian medallists to be highly successful as court medallists north of the Alps. His eclectic style reflects Italian, German and Netherlandish sources. He was influenced by the Venetian Alessandro Vittoria and earlier by Alfonso Ruspagiari and the school of wax modellers and medallists centred on Reggio Emilia.
Object details
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| Title | The Toilet of Venus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lead in low relief |
| Brief description | Lead plaquette, depicting the Toilet of Venus, with Venus, Cupid and two attendants, by Antonio Abondio, Italy, second half of 16th century |
| Physical description | Plaquette depicts in front the head and shoulders of Venus, on the left the profile of an attendant lifting a comb; to the right Cupid holds up a mirror in his left hand, and above another attendant, whose head only is seen, is plaiting the hair of Venus. |
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| Summary | This plaquette in lead shows the Toilet of Venus and is made by Antonio Abondio in the second half of the sixteenth century in Italy. It depicts the head and shoulders of Venus, a Cupid holds up a mirror in his left hand, and above another attendant, whose head only is seen, is plaiting the hair of Venus. The medallist and sculptor Antonio Abondio was born in 1538 in Milan and died in 1596 in Vienna. He and Leone Leoni were the only Italian medallists to be highly successful as court medallists north of the Alps. His eclectic style reflects Italian, German and Netherlandish sources. He was influenced by the Venetian Alessandro Vittoria and earlier by Alfonso Ruspagiari and the school of wax modellers and medallists centred on Reggio Emilia. |
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| Accession number | 5412-1859 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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