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A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF VENUS ITALICA
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A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF VENUS ITALICA

AFTER THE MODEL BY ANTONIA CANOVA (1757-1824), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF VENUS ITALICA
AFTER THE MODEL BY ANTONIA CANOVA (1757-1824), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
On a turned cicrular serpentine base
51,5 cm. high overall (2)
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Lot Essay

The Italian neoclassical artist Antonio Canova is noted for his marble sculptures based on classical models. He created the original Venus Italica (1804-1812, Pitti Palace, Florence) to replace an ancient Roman statue known as the Medici Venus, which Napoleon I had seized from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in 1802. The Venus Italica was hailed immediately as Canovas masterpiece.

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