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Venus after the Bath
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About this work
The statuette’s scale speaks to its likely place in private, intimate settings. The serpentine composition would have encouraged close examination from multiple angles. Compare the complexity of her pose to the relatively static Venus with a Burning Urn (1948.171).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVenus after the Bath, c. 1600. Cast possibly by the Workshop of Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608), Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608). Bronze ; overall: 25.6 x 7 x 9 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop, 1993.230
