Sculpture

Venus

Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1775-1800
Accession number: 27.94
Maker: Etienne Maurice Falconet(Opens in new tab) (French, 1716–1791)
Former: Etienne Maurice Falconet(Opens in new tab) (French, 1716–1791)
Attributeds: Jean-Baptiste Ignace Broche(Opens in new tab) (French, 1741–1794); Joseph Broche(Opens in new tab) (French, 1735–1812)
Dimensions: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 8 in. (31.1 × 16.5 × 20.3 cm.)
Medium: white marble mounted on a white marble pedestal
Description: White marble nude female figure, seated on a rock. School of Falconet. On white marble base.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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