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ANTIQUE #SA1080474

Late 19th Century Alabaster Figure Of Paolina Borghese As Venus Victrix (venus Victorious) After Antonio Canova (italian, 1757-1822)

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Magnificent alabaster figure of Paolina Bonaparte (Borghese) as Venus Victrix (Venus Victorious) After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757 – 1822). Paolina Bonaparte was considered of exceptional beauty, but also fierce and exuberant
 
Antonio Canova was a famous neoclassical sculptor. He worked in Italy and France, during Napoleone’s reign.
 
Here he represents Napoleone’s sister Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (''Venus Victorious'') as a semi-nude reclining Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods, and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch, it was commissioned by Pauline Bonaparte’s husband Camillo Borghese and executed in Rome from 1805 to 1808, after the subject''s marriage into the Borghese family. It then moved to Camillo''s house in Turin then to Genoa, only arriving in its present home (the Galleria Borghese in Rome) around 1838. She holds an apple in her hand evoking Aphrodite’s victory in the Judg...
Antique SA1080474 shown on this page was made in 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1890
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Judy Fox Antiques
We deal in top quality Victorian and Edwardian furniture as well as decorative 19th century sculpture and objets d'art.
Judy Fox Antiques is also an antique trade association member of LAPADA
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