Lot 53
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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI
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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI

19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI
19TH CENTURY
Standing on a shaped base by a dolphin with two putti
25½ in. (65 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The marble Venus de' Medici was one of the most celebrated of all antiquities, considered by many to be the ideal image of female beauty. Its early history is unknown, but by 1638 it was in the Villa Medici in Rome and by 1688 it had been transferred to the Tribuna of the Uffizi in Florence (Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.)

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