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A.Santini Resin Sculpture After Canova's " Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix"

Item Details

A resin sculpture by A.Santini after Canova’s ‘Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix’. This miniature piece is a replica of an 1806 work by the Italian Neo-Classical sculptor Antonio Canova. It depicts Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, reclining semi-nude on a chaise lounge. The face is modeled after Pauline Bonaparte, whose husband Camillo Borghese commissioned Canova’s original piece. This miniature is signed ‘A.Santini’ along the back of the piece.

Dimensions

14.0" W x 9.0" H x 5.0" D

Item #

16DAL137-132

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