Details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A KNEELING VENUS
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, FLORENTINE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The naked Venus wearing a turban and holding a cloth to her raised left arm, an armband on her right arm-9½in. (24cm.) high, rubbed natural patina with traces of original gilding, on a panelled giltwood base
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, FLORENTINE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The naked Venus wearing a turban and holding a cloth to her raised left arm, an armband on her right arm-9½in. (24cm.) high, rubbed natural patina with traces of original gilding, on a panelled giltwood base
Provenance
Sammlung von Weinburg, Frankfurt
Literature
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, Giambologna: Sculptor to the Medici, Art Council of Great Britain (exhibition catalogue) London, 1978, no. 19, pg. 21
Meisterwerke der Plastik aus Privatsammlungen im Bodenseegebiet, (exhibition catalogue), Bregenz, Künstlerhaus, July 1- Sept. 30, 1967, cat. 79, fig. 93
C. Avery, Giambologna, The Complete Sculptor, Oxford/NY, 1987, pp. 134-135
A. Radcliffe, Giambologna's Cesarini Venus, National Gallery of Art (exhibition catalogue), Washington, 1993, no. 1, p. 7-8
The present bronze is directly derived from the signed version of the "Kneeling Woman Drying Herself" in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, as the present example is the only other known version with an armband. However, the measurement and facture of the two works are distinct and would date this smaller object to a later period. It is known that Antonio Susini made replicas of the Kneeling Woman, but these are typical Susini casts - highly finished and refined.
Meisterwerke der Plastik aus Privatsammlungen im Bodenseegebiet, (exhibition catalogue), Bregenz, Künstlerhaus, July 1- Sept. 30, 1967, cat. 79, fig. 93
C. Avery, Giambologna, The Complete Sculptor, Oxford/NY, 1987, pp. 134-135
A. Radcliffe, Giambologna's Cesarini Venus, National Gallery of Art (exhibition catalogue), Washington, 1993, no. 1, p. 7-8
The present bronze is directly derived from the signed version of the "Kneeling Woman Drying Herself" in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, as the present example is the only other known version with an armband. However, the measurement and facture of the two works are distinct and would date this smaller object to a later period. It is known that Antonio Susini made replicas of the Kneeling Woman, but these are typical Susini casts - highly finished and refined.