Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Sleeping Venus
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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201491
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Title:
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Sleeping Venus
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View:
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Detail
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Dates:
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1566
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View Type:
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photographs
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View Date:
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Spring 2004
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Location:
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Europe--Italy--Lazio--Tivoli
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Location Type:
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Current
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Culture:
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Italian
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Creator:
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patron
D'Este, Ippolito II
1509-1572
Italian
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Creator:
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sculptor
Vliete, Gillis van den
1567-1602
Flemish
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Materials:
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marble
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Fountains
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Subjects:
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Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy); Venus (Roman deity); Rustication; Water; Women and nature; Fountains; Eagles
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Work Notes:
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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.
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Copyright Notice:
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(c) Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
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Rights Type:
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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.
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Point:
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73
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