Venus de' Medici - Item #214

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36 Inches High x 12.5 Inches Wide x 9.25 Inches Deep

This piece is a reduction of the famous Venus de' Medici that stands at about 60 inches tall. Venus de' Medici is a Hellenistic marble copy of a bronze original. It entered the Medici collection sometime before 1638 when an anthology noted its presence in the collection. Those on the Grand Tour made a point to see it in the Tribuna of the Uffizi Gallery. It has been reproduced in many different sizes and materials for centuries.

 

Artist: Unknown

Museum: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Time Period: Ancient Greek/Ancient Roman - Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.E.

1911 Catalog ID # - 809

 

Sources:

Dearinger, David B. "Venus de' Medici." Acquired Tastes: 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston Athenæum, edited by Stanley Ellis Cushing and David B. Dearinger, The Boston Athenæum, 2006, pp. 256-258. Boston Athenæum, https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/about/publications/selections-acquired-tastes/venus-de-medici.