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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Capitoline Venus
Work_PrefTitle
Capitoline Venus
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view from front in gallery "Cabinet of Venus"
Image_Title
Overall view from front in gallery "Cabinet of Venus"
Image View
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Creator:
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after Praxiteles (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 375-340 BCE)
Agent_Display
after Praxiteles (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 375-340 BCE)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0409
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0409
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Cabinet of Venus
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Cabinet of Venus
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.893056 12.4825
GPS
41.893056 12.4825
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Date:
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Roman copy ca. 96-192 CE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
Roman copy ca. 96-192 CE (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Greek; Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Ancient Greek; Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Classical; Greco-Roman
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Classical; Greco-Roman
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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sculpture
Work_Classification
sculpture
Classification
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Material:
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Parian marble
Work_MaterialDisplay
Parian marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
Work_Technique
carving (processes)
Technique
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Measurements:
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193 cm (height)
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193 cm (height)
Measurements
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Description:
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The Capitoline Venus is a type of Venus Pudica (modest Venus); (others include the Venus de' Medici type), of which several examples exist. The type ultimately derives from the Aphrodite of Cnidus (Knidos) of 369-364 BCE. The Capitoline variant uses both hands to shield herself after her bath. The original of this type is thought to be a lost 3rd- or 2nd-century BCE Hellenistic variation on Praxiteles' work from Asia Minor. The Capitoline Venus is slightly over lifesize; it is an Antonine period copy. It was found on the Viminal Hill during the pontificate of Clement X (1670-1676) in the gardens belonging to the Stazi near San Vitale. Pope Benedict XIV purchased it from the Stazi family in 1752 and gave it to the Capitoline Museums, where it is housed in a niche of its own called "the cabinet of Venus" on the ground floor of the Palazzo Nuovo. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Capitoline Venus is a type of Venus Pudica (modest Venus); (others include the Venus de' Medici type), of which several examples exist. The type ultimately derives from the Aphrodite of Cnidus (Knidos) of 369-364 BCE. The Capitoline variant uses both hands to shield herself after her bath. The original of this type is thought to be a lost 3rd- or 2nd-century BCE Hellenistic variation on Praxiteles' work from Asia Minor. The Capitoline Venus is slightly over lifesize; it is an Antonine period copy. It was found on the Viminal Hill during the pontificate of Clement X (1670-1676) in the gardens belonging to the Stazi near San Vitale. Pope Benedict XIV purchased it from the Stazi family in 1752 and gave it to the Capitoline Museums, where it is housed in a niche of its own called "the cabinet of Venus" on the ground floor of the Palazzo Nuovo. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-CV-A01
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-CM-CV-A01
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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