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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, bending forward to remove the sandal from her left foot, standing with her weight on her right leg, her left raised and bent at the knee, her right hand reaching down to the sandal, supporting herself by leaning on to her left arm, which now rests on an amphora, holding pomegranates in her hand, her head turned to her right, her long hair center-parted and bound in a fillet, the hair tied in a topknot and chignon, with long tendrils falling on to each shoulder, mounted on a later base with a partially draped altar surmounted by an amphora serving as the support, the right leg from below the knee perhaps also of later date; together with BARTOLI, Pietro Santi, (1635-1700), Museum Odescalcum sive Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum. Rome: Venatium Monaldini, 1747, 2 volumes bound in one, folio (336 x 231 mm), title-pages printed in red and black, frontispiece by K.G. von Amling, and 103 engraved plates, two of which illustrate the bronze Venus, in a contemporary vellum binding
9¾ in. (24.7 cm) high (2)
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, bending forward to remove the sandal from her left foot, standing with her weight on her right leg, her left raised and bent at the knee, her right hand reaching down to the sandal, supporting herself by leaning on to her left arm, which now rests on an amphora, holding pomegranates in her hand, her head turned to her right, her long hair center-parted and bound in a fillet, the hair tied in a topknot and chignon, with long tendrils falling on to each shoulder, mounted on a later base with a partially draped altar surmounted by an amphora serving as the support, the right leg from below the knee perhaps also of later date; together with BARTOLI, Pietro Santi, (1635-1700), Museum Odescalcum sive Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum. Rome: Venatium Monaldini, 1747, 2 volumes bound in one, folio (336 x 231 mm), title-pages printed in red and black, frontispiece by K.G. von Amling, and 103 engraved plates, two of which illustrate the bronze Venus, in a contemporary vellum binding
9¾ in. (24.7 cm) high (2)
Provenance
Odescalchi Collection
Literature
Bartoli, Museum Odescalcum sive Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum, vol. II, pl. 44 & 46