'Venus de Medici' by Pietro Barzanti (1842-1881)
'Venus de Medici' by Pietro Barzanti (1842-1881)
Circa 1870
Height
77.50cm
[30.51 inches]
Diameter 19.00cm [7.48 inches]
Diameter 19.00cm [7.48 inches]
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A weathered marble copy of the Roman period copy of a long lost Greek, possibly bronze, original.
This Grand Tour copy of the Venus now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, is lacking arms as was the original - these were (restored) by Ercole Ferrata in the 18th century.
Pietro Barzanti was a son of the Bazzanti Family who sold their 'Gallery Bazzanti', established in 1822 in Florence, a gallery which overlooking the river Arno still exists today.
This Grand Tour copy of the Venus now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, is lacking arms as was the original - these were (restored) by Ercole Ferrata in the 18th century.
Pietro Barzanti was a son of the Bazzanti Family who sold their 'Gallery Bazzanti', established in 1822 in Florence, a gallery which overlooking the river Arno still exists today.
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