Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Toilet of Venus (cartoon for fresco)
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Alternate Title:
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Toletta di Venere
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Image View:
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Detail, an attendant holds a hand mirror
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Creator:
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Francesco Podesti (Italian draftsman, 1800-1895)
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Location:
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repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy) MR 16985
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Braschi; Piazza Navona, 2 and Piazza San Pantaleo, 10
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GPS:
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+41.897444+12.472861
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Date:
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ca. 1836-1837 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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drawing (visual work)
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Classification:
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drawing
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Material:
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charcoal and chalk on paper, heightened with white
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Technique:
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drawing (image-making)
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Description:
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Between 1837 and 1842 he and several contemporaries from Camuccini’s circle, including Cochetti, Coghetti and Natale Carta, were commissioned by Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) to decorate the Palazzo Torlonia (destroyed 1902) in the Piazza Venezia. This is a preparatory drawing for that commission. Podesti had little interest in classical subjects as themes and rendered them only as part of decorative fresco work. After this commission, most of his works were commissioned by the church. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-POD-MOR-RV-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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