Sculpture

Venus with the Apple

Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 16th Century-19th Century
Accession number: 17.24
Makers: Ciechanoueivski Master(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1550–1599); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Former: formerly attributed to Pierre Francheville(Opens in new tab) (French)
Dimensions: 14 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 5 in. (37.8 × 21.6 × 12.7 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: This statue portrays a nude female figure turning her head to look at the apple which she holds aloft in her right hand. Her left arm is extended with the elbow bent and the open hand showing the palm.
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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