Live Auction 5681Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit
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Lot 552

A NEAPOLITAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER BERTHEL THORVALDSEN (1770-1843), CAST BY SABATINO OF NAPLES

Closed23 February 2010

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GBP 3,250

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A NEAPOLITAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER BERTHEL THORVALDSEN (1770-1843), CAST BY SABATINO OF NAPLES
The base with foundry stamp 'SABATINO ET FILS'
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
Together with a later associated faux marble composition plinth -- 28 in. (71 cm.) high; overall height -- 63½ in. (161.3 cm.)

Specialist note

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.