Venus

Niccolò Roccatagliata, c. 1600

Venus stands on her right leg on a round pedestal, with her left leg bent. Her upper body leans slightly forward. She holds an apple in her right hand and gazes at it, with her left hand against her chest. Her wavy hair is gathered in a knot on top of her head. No other art form expresses Renaissance ideals as powerfully as bronze statuettes and everyday objects. Bronze, a precious and durable alloy of copper and tin, was the main material, along with marble, in which art works of Classical antiquity were preserved. During the Renaissance, many bronzes were modelled on excavated ancient Roman statues. Gods and heroes were favourite themes.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-16942-1
  • Dimensionsheight 14 cm x height 19.1 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 5.4 cm

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Venus

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16942-1

  • Description

    Venus staat op een ronde plint op het rechterbeen en met het linker gebogen; het bovenlichaam buigt iets voorover. In de rechterhand houdt zij een appel voor zich uit, waar zij naar kijkt, de linker heeft zij tegen de borst. Het golvende haar is boven op het hoofd in een wrong samengebonden.

Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Niccolò Roccatagliata, Venice

  • Dating

    c. 1600

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 14 cm x height 19.1 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 5.4 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-26.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 88, no. Br 42, Artistic no. 10/22; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1953, p.24

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