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Lot Essay
It has been suggested that this sculpture may have been acquired by Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746-1812), while touring on the continent between 1764-1766 with his tutor, Adam Smith.
Ann, Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) and widow of the Duke of Monmouth, remodeled the old castle of Dalkeith at the beginning of the 18th Century, and it remains today with little change. It continued to be occupied as a family residence until early in the 20th Century, with guests including George IV, William IV, Queen Victoria and Edward VII.
The pose of the present statue with the left arm akimbo and the feet flat on the ground and slightly splayed, together with the treatment of the drapery of the himation, is identical to statues of a Nymph or Goddess of Venus Marina type, known from nearly thirty examples, including six from Ostia. The type is thought to be based on a Greek original of the fourth century B.C., but there is no agreement among scholars as to who the sculptor might have been. For an example in the Lever Collection see no. 2, pl. 2 in Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures. The present example differs from the Venus Marina type only by the addition of a chiton.
Ann, Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) and widow of the Duke of Monmouth, remodeled the old castle of Dalkeith at the beginning of the 18th Century, and it remains today with little change. It continued to be occupied as a family residence until early in the 20th Century, with guests including George IV, William IV, Queen Victoria and Edward VII.
The pose of the present statue with the left arm akimbo and the feet flat on the ground and slightly splayed, together with the treatment of the drapery of the himation, is identical to statues of a Nymph or Goddess of Venus Marina type, known from nearly thirty examples, including six from Ostia. The type is thought to be based on a Greek original of the fourth century B.C., but there is no agreement among scholars as to who the sculptor might have been. For an example in the Lever Collection see no. 2, pl. 2 in Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures. The present example differs from the Venus Marina type only by the addition of a chiton.