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A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF VENUS WITH THE APPLE
Lot 491

A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF VENUS WITH THE APPLE

AFTER BERTEL THORVALDSEN, PROBABLY ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2008

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EUR 2,500

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A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF VENUS WITH THE APPLE
AFTER BERTEL THORVALDSEN, PROBABLY ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
Venus, holding Paris' apple in her right hand in a pose reminiscent of Eve
92 cm. high

Specialist note

Bertel Thorvaldsen (Swedish, 1770-1844) was widely considered the greatest neo-classical sculptor after Canova, Thorvaldsen's Venus was commissioned by the Russian Countess Irina Vorontsov as part of a series of gods and goddesses.
An original marble version of Venus with the Apple by Thorvaldsen is in the Louvre.