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Venus Italica

ArtistWorkshop of Antonio Canova Italian, 1757–1822

Datecirca 1815–1822

MediumMarble

Dimensions67 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (172.1 x 50.2 x 67.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number92.2

On View

On view

ProvenanceDemidoff family, Villa Demidoff, Partolino, near Florence; sold to Sotheby's Florence, 21-4 April, 1969, lot no. 203; Sotheby's London, July 2, 1990; Alex Wengraf Ltd. to NCMA 1992.Published ReferencesHugh Honour, "Canova's Statues of Venus," Burlington Magazine (1972).

Steve Swindell, "Art museum's directors OK $767,000 to buy three works," Raleigh, NC: News and Observer (March 14, 1992), illus. 6B.

Anna Upchurch, North Carolinians Share Their Wealth," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1992), 8, illus (b-w) 10.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (color) 207.

Gazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1490 (Mars 1993), 94.

David Steel, "Canova's Venus Italica," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 1993), 3-5, illus. (b-w), 2, 5, detail (color) cover.

David Steel, entry for Venus Italica, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 219, illus. (color)

David Steel, entry for Venus Italica, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 368, illus. (color) 369.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998.(Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)

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