Venus Bathing

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Room 17

Inventory

PV 10807

Material and technique

Gilded bronze

Author

Giambologna (studio)

Dating

17th century

Dimensions

13.8 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm.

Origin

Auriti Collection (1963)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This Venus was moulded in a style typical of Giambologna: the female figure is “isolated”, with a “serpentinata” twisting body and her head and arms pointing in opposite directions. Though the work may have been conceived by Giambologna, it is very modest in its execution, and was probably made by his studio.

Pietro  Cannata

Bibliography

A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, p. 27.