Venus Italica
Antonio Canova · probably ca. 1822–23, variant of marble first executed 1810
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What the record supports
"Venus Italica," attributed to Antonio Canova, is a Carrara marble sculpture. It was likely created between 1822 and 1823, serving as a variant of an earlier marble work first executed in 1810. The sculpture measures 175.3 cm (69 in.) in height and weighs 293 kg (646 lb.).
The artist, Antonio Canova, was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor born in 1757 and died in 1822. The sculpture is classified as European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and entered the collection as a Bequest of Lillian Rojtman Berkman in 2001.
Evidence regarding the object's culture, provenance, exhibitions, and literature is not provided in the supplied catalogue data.
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