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ECL-Bn.17:35-2014

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Object number

ECL-Bn.17:35-2014

Object type

Identification

Title

Statue: Venus

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

Bn.17 no.17

Description

Content (description)

Venus, with a drape round her hips and over her right arm, a bracelet on her upper right arm, stands looking at herself in an ornate mirror in her right hand. In her left hand she holds up a small globe or an apple. Her hair is bound up beneath a fillet, the ends of which fall on to her shoulders.
Inscribed below inside frame: S. Thomassin Sculpt Regius
Inscribed below: Venus Sortant du Bain/Cette figure qui est antique, a ete apportee d'Italie en France, et est a Versailles dans la Grande galerie. L'attitude de Venus qu'elle represente, a fait juger que le Sculpteur a voulu exprimer l'instant ou cette Deesse sortoit du Bain./ Se vend a Paris chez S. Thomassin rue St Jacques vis a vis la rue du Platre a l'Image S Jean avec Privil. du Roy.

Content (object)

statue

Dimensions

height (actual size): 514mm
width (actual size): 350mm

Inscription

Bn.17 no. 17

Inscription description


Materials & techniques note

copper engraving on paper

Production

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• RS (I 174. 1 in Louvre)
• Louvre (Ma 439 Now in Louvre)
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