After the Antique: An early 19th century French carved ivory figure of the Venus de Medici
carved in the full round, standing a contra posto and looking to sinister, standing beside a tree trunk and a dolphin mounted by two putti, on a circular base mounted on a stained wood ringed socle, 27.5cm high overall
Sold for
£2,880
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The present lot is an ivory reduction of the 1st century BC marble figure of Venus, now in the Uffizi, Florence. This marble was first recorded in the Villa Medici in 1638, and many sculptors, including Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (Italian, 1656-1740) reproduced this composition with their own minor variations and additions.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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