IDENTIFIERS
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id:	31226
accession number:	M.6-1974

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 30 June 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: White marble, carved in the round. Reclining, partially draped figure of Venus.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Carved for Duca Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese, and situated in one of the grottos of the Nymphaeum of the Villa Lainate, near Milan reputedly from a palazzo in Rome; acquired in England by Gallery Heim, London and exhibited in their Autumn Exhibition, 1972, London, Paintings and Sculpture 1770-1830.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the Cunliffe, Perceval, and Webb Funds, aided by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam, the Pilgrim Trust and a Grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31226

PEOPLE
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Venus

SUBJECTS
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reclining
reclining



TECHNIQUES
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white marble, carved
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1829 - 1829
creation date earliest:	1829
creation date latest:	1829
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Marchesi, Pompeo

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 109

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 157.5



CITATIONS
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Villa Lainate, Guide
Il marmo e la parola. Precisazioni su Pompeo Marchesi
La Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano
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