Venus With The Turtle, Bronze From The 19th Century

Neoclassical Bronze From the 19th Century, The Crouching Venus with the Turtle.
Large neoclassical bronze representing the crouching Venus directly inspired by classical Greco-Roman antiquity.
our Venus is entirely consistent with the classic crouching Venus but ours is here represented with the turtle at her feet, this is a slightly less common model, the carving details are superb and of great finesse, the original medal-colored patina is in perfect condition.

on a stepped base in yellow sienna marble decorated with bronze egg stripes.

15 cm at the base and 36 cm high

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The Crouching Venus is a Hellenistic model of Venus surprised in her bath. from the ground with her head turned to the right and, in most versions, she extends her right arm towards her left shoulder to cover her breasts. Judging by the number of examples unearthed on Roman sites in Italy and France, this variant of Venus appears to have been popular[1],[2]. Lely's Venus belonged to the painter Sir Peter Lely (royal collection, on loan to the British Museum). Several examples of Crouching Venus held in important collections have influenced modern sculptors like Giambologna[3] and have been drawn by artists like Martin Heemskerck, who made a drawing of the Crouching Venus of Farnese which is today in Naples [4],[5].
see Wikipedia