AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE of the crouching Venus, by V.Livi, on an integrally carved square base, signed and dated Vo. Livi Fece, Carrara 1841 (two fingers repaired and two replaced), circa 1841

细节

AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE of the crouching Venus, by V.Livi, on an integrally carved square base, signed and dated Vo. Livi Fece, Carrara 1841 (two fingers repaired and two replaced), circa 1841
28½in. (72.4cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Giambologna (1529-1608), Sculptor to the Medici, 5 October - 16 November, 1978, no. 19

拍品专文

The present marble figure is indirectly inspired by an antique original which was known in numerous examples from at least the sixteenth century. Although these examples are known to exhibit significant variations of detail, the present marble appears to depend on the model created by Giambologna in the mid-1560's, itself an interpretation of the antique composition.