Medici Venus
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Hellenistic-style sculpture
Roman copy of Greek original
ancient Roman sculpture
marble statue
sculpture of Aphrodite
The Medici Venus is a renowned Hellenistic marble statue of the goddess Venus, celebrated as one of the most famous Roman copies of a lost Greek original and long prized as a masterpiece of classical beauty.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venere dormiente | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-style sculpture
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Roman copy of Greek original ⓘ ancient Roman sculpture ⓘ marble statue ⓘ sculpture of Aphrodite ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 1st century BCE – 1st century CE ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
canonical example of female nude in Western art
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important model for later Venus statues ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Florentine Grand Tour culture ⓘ |
| basedOn | lost Greek original ⓘ |
| category |
ancient Roman copies of Greek sculptures
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marble sculptures in Italy ⓘ statues of Venus ⓘ |
| collection | Uffizi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Uffizi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Aphrodite
NERFINISHED
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Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayedIn | Uffizi Tribuna (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Venus Pudica type NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Neoclassical sculpture
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academic art of the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Classical
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Hellenistic ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
goddess of beauty
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goddess of love ⓘ |
| height | approximately life-size ⓘ |
| iconographicType |
Venus Pudica
NERFINISHED
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modest Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek sculpture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florence
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Italy ⓘ |
| material | marble ⓘ |
| namedAfter | House of Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classical beauty
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contrapposto pose ⓘ idealized female nude ⓘ refined surface finish ⓘ |
| orientation | standing figure ⓘ |
| partOf | Medici collections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Medici family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pose |
left hand covering breast
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right hand covering pubis ⓘ |
| reception | long considered one of the most beautiful statues of antiquity ⓘ |
| wasHighlyPraisedBy |
18th-century connoisseurs
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Renaissance artists ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Venere dormiente