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Collection:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.:
201491
Title:
Sleeping Venus
View:
Detail
Dates:
1566
View Type:
photographs
View Date:
Spring 2004
Location:
Europe--Italy--Lazio --Tivoli
Location Type:
Current
Culture:
Italian
Creator:
patron
D'Este, Ippolito II
1509-1572
Italian
Creator:
sculptor
Vliete, Gillis van den
1567-1602
Flemish
Materials:
marble
Category:
Villas
Work Type:
Fountains
Subjects:
Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy); Venus (Roman deity); Rustication; Water; Women and nature; Fountains; Eagles
Work Notes:
This fountain is located in the couryard in the back of the villa and is made up of an ancient Roman marble statue of Venus with a Roman sarcophagus below that forms the basin of a fountain.
Copyright Notice:
(c) Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Rights Type:
fair use - These images are intended for research and educational use only. To obtain copyright permission for publication or other purposes, you must contact the copyright holder directly.
Point:
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Sleeping Venus