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19th Century Grand Tour Serpentine Figure of Venus Italica after Antonio Canova

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Antique statuary Carrara sculpture “Venus Italica” after Antonio Canova
By Antonio Canova
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An antique Carrara marble sculpture “Venus Italica” after Antonio Canova (1757-1822) Made in Italy during the 19th century. When the Medici Venus was forcibly removed from the Tribuna of the Uffizi by Napoleon’s forces, King Louis I of Etruria commissioned Antonio Canova to replace the figure. True to nature, Canova submitted a wholly original figure to rival the antiquity, despite originally being asked to sculpt a copy. Canova’s Venus...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures

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Capitoline Venus Grand Tour Mid 19th century bronze
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Mobile, AL
This grand tour bronze sculpture depicts the version of Venus so important to the history of art and literature in the U.S. that the original was temporarily loaned to the National Gallery of Art from the Capital Museums in Rome in 2011. Mark Twain visited Rome and upon his return home in 1867 he published "The Capitoline Venus" and he described the work as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of". (with credit to the National Gallery of Art catalog...
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Venus of Milo
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine Grand Tour bronze study of the famous Venus de Milo with excellent rich brown patina and good hand finished surface detail. The casting is unusual in that it does not pretend to hide the many imperfections on the original. It is signed on the base with "Reduction Mechanique Ronald Collas, and for the foundry F.Barbidienne Fondeur. Foundry stamp on the base Considered by any to be the most beautiful Hellenistic statue to survive fro antiquity, the Venus of Milos...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
By Antonio Canova
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Italian, 19th century, after a model by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) A pair of Sculptures lying lions These beautiful lions possibly bookends or doorstops are in good condition! Me...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Georgian Animal Sculptures

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Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
By Antonio Canova
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A pair of resting bronze lions on shaped walnut painted plinths modeled on the original marble sculpture by Antonio Canova. Reduction from the originals created by Antonio C...
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French 19th Century Bronze Bust of Napoleon, after a Model by Antonio Canova
By Antonio Canova
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century patinated bronze bust of Napoleon, after a model by Antonio Canova. The bust is raised by a square base where the inscription Canova is displayed at th...
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Antique 19th Century French Busts

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