Pauline Borghese als Venus Victrix - photo 1

Pauline Borghese als Venus Victrix

Starting price
€ 1 200
Auction dateClassic
30.05.2020 10:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Event location
Germany, Plauen
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ID 325961
Lot 3302 | Pauline Borghese als Venus Victrix
nach Antonio Canova, unsigniert, Bronze polychrom in Kaltbemalung staffiert und vergoldet, Dargestellte ist Pauline Bonaparte, Schwester von Napoleon Bonaparte, später mit Camillo Borghese verheiratet, heute ausgestellt in der Galleria Borghese in Rom, zur Zeit der Erschaffung des Originals um 1805/08 erregte die Skulptur ungeheures Aufsehen, da höhergestellte Damen nie als Akt oder Halbakt dargestellt wurden und es brachen nach der Veröffentlichung der Skulptur große gesellschaftliche Spekulationen aus, ob sich Pauline Borghese tatsächlich nackt darstellen ließ oder ob nur der Kopf nach ihrem Abbild geschaffen wurde, die Dargestellte befeuerte wohl diese skandalösen Gerüchte sogar noch, sie wird lediglich von einem strategisch platzierten Tuch verhüllt, räkelt sich auf einer Chaiselongue und hält einen Apfel in der Hand und erinnert so an Aphrodites Sieg im Urteil des Paris, Chaiselongue mit vegetabilen Elementen und Muscheln verziert, partiell winzigst berieben, sonst sehr gut erhalten, H ca. 16,5 cm, L ca. 26,5 cm.
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