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Woman Bathing

Statuette
ca. 1580-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This statutette was made after a model by Giambologna.
Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608) was born in Flanders Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608), or short Giambologna went to Rome to study antique sculpture from about 1550 to 1553. He then travelled through Florence where he was persuaded to stay. He became sculptor to the Medici family and thus became one of the most influential sculptors of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He drew attention to many artists from Northern Europe and disseminated his style mainly through small bronzes. He established an efficient and large workshop.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Woman Bathing (generic title)
  • Venus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, bronze, Venus / woman bathing, after a model by Giambologna, Italian (Florentine), ca.1580-1600.
Physical description
Statuette in bronze of a woman / Venus bathing on a marble pedestal.
Dimensions
  • Including pedestal height: 20.32cm
Object history
Bought £2.
Production
After a model by Giambologna.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This statutette was made after a model by Giambologna.
Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608) was born in Flanders Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608), or short Giambologna went to Rome to study antique sculpture from about 1550 to 1553. He then travelled through Florence where he was persuaded to stay. He became sculptor to the Medici family and thus became one of the most influential sculptors of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He drew attention to many artists from Northern Europe and disseminated his style mainly through small bronzes. He established an efficient and large workshop.
Associated object
1439-1855 (Original)
Bibliographic references
  • Radcliffe, Anthony. 'Giambologna's 'Venus' for Giangiorgio Cesarini : a Recantation' in La scultura : studi in onore di Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki.. Torino : U. Allemandi, 1994-1996, vol. 2, pp.64-65, fig. 4 .
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1861 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 36
Collection
Accession number
7933-1861

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Record createdDecember 16, 2003
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