1592999442000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-31066 1747160090124 1711357667000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-31066 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31066 65236e8b-5709-3627-80a5-87026b828420 11 person reference agent-139324 adlib-agent-139324 412c46d0-b7b7-3980-8ca2-6c1babc8909a Venus reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-1111 adlib-term-1111 46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09 mythology Applied Arts White marble. Venus stands with her head slightly turned to the left, her hair is dressed in Hellenic fashion, and her left knee forward. Over her left wrist is a mantle, and she holds the apple awarded by Paris. On the base, on the viewer's right, there is a tortoise. M.4-1975 1 accession number M.4-1975 31066 priref 31066 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_4_1975 2020 2020 2020-02-11 Sketchfab Online 3D model 2f551fe5aa6346878834805787d1dbdf uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31066 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31066 on tortoise incised OPVS IOAN IS GIBSON ROMÆ signature reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1975 1975 1975-01-30 given Entry date: 1975-01-30 1833 1833 CE 1833 circa 1833 1838 1 1838 CE 1838 circa 1838 sculptor reference agent-51843 adlib-agent-51843 fc68a18c-dcd1-3f34-b2b9-6fbc118ccc27 Gibson, John commissioned reference agent-98016 adlib-agent-98016 e787a799-07da-3960-ab2f-959ef2e2ef13 Neeld, Joseph Gibson recorded how the wealthy MP Joseph Neeld (1789–1856) had visited his studio in Rome several times before asking him to carve a ‘Venus, nude, but with some drapery modestly arranged without sacrificing too much of the form’. Inspired by Classical prototypes, Gibson showed the Roman goddess of love as an idealised female nude with elegant curves and soft modelling, holding the golden apple, awarded by Paris for her beauty. Although apples are often associated with carnal love, Gibson called his statue 'Venus Verticordia', or ‘the turner of men's hearts’ and later recalled how he had ‘endeavoured to give my Venus that spiritual elevation of character which results from purity and sweetness’. The Romans venerated Venus Verticordia on 1 April as a goddess of chastity. This accounts for the tortoise under her foot: since ancient times, the docile creature who keeps silent and never leaves its house had been a symbol of ‘ideal’ female domesticity. Phidias’ famous lost mid-5th-century BCE ivory and gold statue of Aphrodite at Elis (Greece) rested one foot on a tortoise, and this became a standard way for artists to show the chaste side of the love goddess’ complex character. This sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839 (no. 1303). Gibson’s composition was so popular that he produced several other versions, including the highly controversial Tinted Venus for the International Exhibition of 1862 (now Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), which he brightly painted to imitate the original appearance of many ancient statues. reference term-109672 adlib-term-109672 a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e864 19th Century, Mid reference term-106366 adlib-term-106366 b3c6d1ca-fe9f-38c0-bdd4-f8d83ac87a8f literal England England country Rome reference term-37963 adlib-term-37963 929f6c25-5677-3624-90d4-f6d882da98ec white marble Height cm 174 reference media-206464 adlib-media-206464 90f0e7f4-9fa2-354a-82d8-f146d2a1c675 jpeg aa/aa37/M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 657 1742599036144 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 780 width pixels 500 1742599036144 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 657 1742599036144 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 390 width pixels 250 1742599036144 1 image 0 media image reference media-15828 adlib-media-15828 cd2b42ad-6aa9-33fa-af24-d0056e53924b jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 413 1742581070304 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 413 1742581070304 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 413 1742581070304 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_4_1975_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 460 width pixels 250 1742581070304 1 image 1 media image reference media-15829 adlib-media-15829 6b68c873-defd-352d-9764-b074234fbcb8 jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581065684 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581065684 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581065684 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_4_1975_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 475 width pixels 250 1742581065684 1 image 2 media image reference media-15830 adlib-media-15830 00c523cf-9251-3eb1-810f-6b7ceec9b956 jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581066986 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581066986 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742581066986 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_4_1975_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 475 width pixels 250 1742581066986 1 image 3 media image reference media-15831 adlib-media-15831 6ad31f8f-ee78-3c81-ad0d-8433b582d7cd jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_284_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 416 1742581085635 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_284_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 416 1742581085635 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_284_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 416 1742581085635 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_4_1975_284_29.jpg 1 height pixels 457 width pixels 250 1742581085635 1 image 4 media image reference media-15832 adlib-media-15832 2b1a243b-0581-3972-9b83-478d0a181ed8 jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_285_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 518 1742581093495 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/mid_M_4_1975_285_29.jpg 1 height pixels 734 width pixels 500 1742581093495 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_4_1975_285_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 518 1742581093495 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_4_1975_285_29.jpg 1 height pixels 367 width pixels 250 1742581093495 1 image 5 media image reference media-2580477616 portfolio portfolio-media-2580477616 6c519a07-d565-3922-bf6f-5894e1de1b13 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/466/371/large_M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1599 width pixels 1024 1529287759000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/466/371/mid_M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 781 width pixels 500 1529287759000 1 image M.4-1975_1_201503_mfj22_mas.tif 1529287759000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/466/371/preview_M_4_1975_1_201503_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 390 width pixels 250 1529287759000 1 image 6 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Joseph Neeld; Captain L.W. Neeld; Mrs J. Bourne (née Celia Kathleen Mary Neeld); Christie's, 22 September, 1966, Catalogue of The Grittleton Marbles...p. 14, lot 14; sold to Perkins (600 guineas). reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK Publ. p. 14, lot 14, illustrated pl. IV 14 reference publication-5814 adlib-publication-5814 fe41ef1a-bcd7-3f2d-bb7d-9bab1fffb151 The Grittleton Marbles. The Property of Mrs J. Bourne (Née Miss Celia Kathleen Mary Neeld). Formerly the Collection of the late Captain L. W. Neeld of Kelston Park and Grittleton Publ. Illustrated, pl. 1, and see p. 16 where it is said to be an original version made for Joseph Neeld. See xerox of Sale Catalogue in Object's file confirming this. p. 16 reference publication-185 adlib-publication-185 b17f67ef-8f48-3e99-a10e-4962f5cd2a80 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Annual Reports of the Syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the Year ending 31 December 1975 reference publication-5815 adlib-publication-5815 adc0f95f-4ad4-317a-a13b-0d4af6ed8784 The biography of John Gibson, R.A., sculptor, Rome Ref. vol. III, London, 1905, p. 230. Venus Verticordia. Exhibited 1839, no. 1303. p. 230 reference publication-2345 adlib-publication-2345 987ddb4c-94ef-3c86-8c60-61f2ca40b50f The Royal Academy of Arts, A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their Works from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904 reference publication-2461 adlib-publication-2461 c18a0230-400e-3178-9fbd-003e2f76b27b Christie's Sale Catalogue, 15th December 1982 reference publication-2462 adlib-publication-2462 2f16f7f5-3ac4-3747-bad1-2d567df4dbcf Nineteenth Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture reference publication-8894 adlib-publication-8894 bf49d25b-e9e8-3b59-bab8-0b813276b802 BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern reference term-9044 adlib-term-9044 99dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763 Neoclassical plant reference term-35269 adlib-term-35269 b4b554bd-f785-34d4-9202-d8a3d4164fdb apple literal apple apple

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