ECL-Bn.3:34-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:34-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Venus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn 3 nos. 32-44 are from the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no. 58
Added in pencil in Sampson catalogue, after Venus : 'Medici type (column)
Was Fa 2 no. 58
Added in pencil in Sampson catalogue, after Venus : 'Medici type (column)
Other number
Fa 3 no. 58
Description
Content (description)
Nude Venus (of Medici type) stands holding her arms across her body and turns to look to her left. By her left leg is a tree trunk, round which trails a vine bearing fruit. Two nude putti climb to pick the fruit, while a third kneels on the ground by a basket of fruit.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 398mm
width (actual size): 263mm
width (actual size): 263mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini No. 58 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
