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Venus
(Renaissance Europe )
This nude can be identified as Venus from the five spiral cones in her hair, a misunderstanding of conical shells alluding to the goddess's birth from the sea. The proportions, with a thickened waist and less graceful contours than those of the northern Italian examples, indicate a German origin.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.504