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Description: | Artist: Unknown, sculptor; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1730; Classification(s): sculpture, figure, casting (process), copper alloy, probaby bronze, gilt, cast and chased; Acquisition: given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1950, Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.19B-1950]
Description: Copper alloy, probably bronze, gilt. Venus stands with draperies billowing out leaving her shoulders, legs and bust bare. In both hands she holds flowers and her left foot rests on a dolphin's head. Her head is turned slightly to the right and is turned downwards. Mounted on a green marble plinth. | 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 Unknown | Temporal: | name=early 18th Century; start=1700; end=1730 | 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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