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ROMAN, CIRCA 1ST OR 2ND CENTURY AD, OR 16TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
ROMAN, CIRCA 1ST OR 2ND CENTURY AD, OR 16TH CENTURY
Depicted standing in contrapposto, wearing a diadem and with her right hand outstretched; on a modern square porfido rosso base inscribed in red on the reverse with the inventory number '201'; oxidisation; minor losses
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high, overall
ROMAN, CIRCA 1ST OR 2ND CENTURY AD, OR 16TH CENTURY
Depicted standing in contrapposto, wearing a diadem and with her right hand outstretched; on a modern square porfido rosso base inscribed in red on the reverse with the inventory number '201'; oxidisation; minor losses
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Purchased by Alfred (1853-1906) or Otto Beit (1865-1930) between 1904 and 1913.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.
Literature
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 106, no. 201.
Special notice
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