Lot Essay
Another example of this figure, relating closely to La Fiorentina by Piò Fedi, was sold in these rooms, 31 October 1996, lot 338.
ITALIAN SCHOOL, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A white marble figure of Venus au bain
Italian School, Last quarter 19th Century
Naked and holding up her long hair, the drapery clutched to her thigh falling down her leg and covering a lidded flower-festooned urn carved with classical figures at her side, on an oval naturalistically-carved rocky base, inscribed CLODION, restoration to three fingers of left hand
37 in. (94 cm.) high
Italian School, Last quarter 19th Century
Naked and holding up her long hair, the drapery clutched to her thigh falling down her leg and covering a lidded flower-festooned urn carved with classical figures at her side, on an oval naturalistically-carved rocky base, inscribed CLODION, restoration to three fingers of left hand
37 in. (94 cm.) high