Lot 590
590
CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)
CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)
CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)
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CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)
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CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)

Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix

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CARLO FOSSI (ITALIAN, FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757-1822)
Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix
signed 'C. Fossi. Roma' on a grey-painted an giltwood bed, and a gilt and patinated-bronze stand
marble
21 in. (53 ½ cm.) high; 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) wide; 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) deep, the sculpture
26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep, the stand
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Lot Essay

The present marble is based on the celebrated sculpture (dated circa 1805-1808) by Antonio Canova of Pauline Borghese, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte and wife of Prince Camillo Borghese, which is today in the Villa Borghese in Rome. Canova was renowned for his neo-classical sculpture which skilfully intertwined Antique influences with modern artistic ideals, in this case representing the famed Roman Princess in the guise of Venus Victrix clutching an apple in her hand after being declared the winner of the infamous Judgment of Paris. Like many famous models of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it was reproduced by Italian workshops at the turn of the 20th century to meet a burgeoning European and American demand for reproductions of famed Roman sculptures.

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