Sculpture

Venus with the Apple

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 19th Century
Accession number: 17.5
Makers: previously attributed to Giambologna(Opens in new tab) (Flemish, 1529–1608); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Attributed: previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
After: after Bertel Thorvaldsen(Opens in new tab) (Danish, 1770–1844)
Dimensions: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm.) 8 7/16 × 4 × 4 in. (21.4 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: Full-length nude figure, standing beside a tree stump which is covered with drapery. Her body leans over slightly to the left; she rests her left hand upon the tree stump and holds up an apple in her right, turning toward her right shoulder. Her hair is bound across the brow with a fillet, dressed high above it and gathered in a knot at the back of the head. Her right foot is placed firmly upon the ground; her left is partially raised.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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