Reproduction cast moulded resin statue of a popular statue, Crouching Venus; much smaller than original made in the 1700's.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: estate of Mrs. F. W. Marlow
Dates
1925
1935
circa 1925-1935
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-R1-1
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Original statue by Doedalsus of Bithynia, late third or early second century BC; in the Louvre. There are many copies with variations.
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenistic model of Venus surprised at her bath. Venus crouches with her right knee close to the ground, turns her head to the right and, in most versions, reaches her right arm over to her left shoulder to cover her breasts.[1] To judge by the number of copies that have been excavated on Roman sites in Italy and France, this variant on Venus seems to have been popular.
A number of examples of the Crouching Venus in prominent collections have influenced modern sculptors since Giambologna and have been drawn by artists since Martin Heemskerck, who made a drawing of the Farnese Crouching Venus that is now in Naples.