Female Nude | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1285
People: Unidentified Artist
School of Giambologna, Italian (Douai, Flanders 1529 - 1608 Florence, Italy)
Title: Female Nude
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Venus
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, figure
Date: 16th-17th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229895

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

13.3 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (5 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.)
with base: 19.6 x 6.6 x 2.5 cm (7 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: front of base, painted. This is not a Fogg Museum number.: L.R. 723.2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Unidentified private collector, sold; [to J. & S. Goldschmidt, New York, NY, sold]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, for $800, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1285

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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