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Description: | Artist: Gibson, John, sculptor - British sculptor/medallist, 1790-1866; Date(s): circa 1833 - circa 1838; Classification(s): sculpture, figure, carving, white marble, carved in the round; Acquisition: given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1975-01-30, Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.4-1975]
Description: White marble. Venus stands with her head slightly turned to the left, her hair is dressed in Hellenic fashion, and her left knee forward. Over her left wrist is a mantle, and she holds the apple awarded by Paris. On the base, on the viewer's right, there is a tortoise. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture figure Gibson, John | Temporal: | name=mid 19th century; start=1833; end=1838 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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