White marble 160 x 192 cm galleria borghese rome.
Marble canova paolina.
The sculpture displayed in the northern italy museum is a plaster cast for the marble version paolina borghese as venus victrix.
Museo gypsotheca antonio canova.
It portrays young paolina bonaparte sister of napoleon and wife of roman prince camillo borghese who commissioned the work.
Antonio canova italian pronunciation.
Widowed very young napoleon s sister paolina had in the wake of her brother s meteoric career made one of the noblest catches it was possible to make at the time.
Not intended for public view was the full length figure of paolina borghese one of canova s most masterly sculptures.
Canova s majestic early 1800s marble statue version of paolina borghese bonaparte as venus victrix is on display in rome s galleria borghese.
Pauline bonaparte as venus victrix or venus victorious is a semi nude life size reclining neo classical portrait sculpture by the italian sculptor antonio canova reviving the ancient roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch as most often seen in reclining portrayals of hermaphroditi it was.
Canova was a revered sculptor who lived from 1757 1822 and was famous for his marble statues.
Vignon church of la madeleine.
Whose naked model was paolina borghese sister of.
David the emperor napoleon in his study at the tuileries.
Soufflot the panthéon paris.
The statue is a plaster cast used to make a marble statue of paolina bonaparte.
Paolina was 25 when she decided to pose for canova.
This is the currently selected item.
At the time she was an extremely social creature both popular and.
The museo antonio canova shared details of the incident on.
That piece named pauline bonaparte as venus victrix and sculpted from 1805 to 1808 is on display at.
The damaged piece is the plaster model for canova s marble sculpture of paolina bonaparte.
Canova paolina borghese as venus victorius.