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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE 'VENUS ITALICA'
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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE 'VENUS ITALICA'

19TH CENTURY, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1824)

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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE 'VENUS ITALICA'
19TH CENTURY, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1824)
58 cm. high
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Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

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Canova carved the original Venus Italica to replace the ancient Roman Medici Venus, seized by Napoleon in 1802 from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was immediately hailed as Canova's masterpiece and a worthy successor to the ancient Venus. 'When I saw this divine work of Canova, I sighed with a thousand desires, for really, if the Medici Venus is a most beautiful goddess, this is a most beautiful woman' wrote the poet Ugo Foscolo in 1811. The beauty and fame of Canova's original Venus Italica created a market for replicas throughout the 19th century.