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Description: | Marble and carved wood sculpture. This sculpture of ‘Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix’ is a half-length version of Antonio Canova’s original work of 1805-08, now in the Galleria Nazionale della Villa Borghese, Rome. The Government Art Collection (GAC) version is thought to have been made by Canova’s pupil, Adamo Tadolini (1788-1868), and is usually on display in the entrance hall of HM Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, a building which was formerly occupied by Pauline herself. The white marble, semi-nude portrait sculpture shows Pauline reclining on a couch of gilt and painted wood. Canova’s depiction of Pauline became one of the most famous sculptures of its day. A similar work by another of Canova’s pupils, Raimondo Trentanove (1792-1832), was formerly in the music room at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, and an example of the many smaller versions, which may have been sold in Rome as souvenirs, is also held in the GAC (Ref: 0/60). | Subjects: | chaise longue female portrait nude Princess Borghese woman Roman Mythology cushion Pauline Borghese (née Bonaparte) | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Antonio Canova (after) (Artist) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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