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Sculpture

Crouching Venus

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 16th Century
Accession number: 27.174
Maker: Giambologna(Opens in new tab) (Flemish, 1529–1608)
Dimensions: 10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: This statuette depicts a crouching woman drying herself after a bath.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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