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GODS AND MYTHS

Venus / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known prototypes / Statues / London, British Museum (loan from Her Majesty the Queen; crouching Venus)
Venus / Single figure / Without attributes / Crouching
Venus / With Amor / Alone / Not interacting / Venus crouching

Further details

Artist or creator

Salviati, Francesco (1510-1563)

Date

1552 - 1554

Location

Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (inv. 159)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

A. Pérez Sánchez, I grandi disegni italiani nelle collezioni di Madrid, Milano 1978, plate 6; cf. Pompeio Batoni, Topham Album, vol. BM5, fol. 68; B. Palma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Sculture, I, 4, Rome, 1988; T. Schreiber, Die antiken Bildwerke der Villa Ludovisi in Rom, II, a 2

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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