""Venus"" (Seated Woman)
In 1775 Tassaert relocated from Paris to Berlin to become court sculptor to Frederick the Great of Prussia. The Antwerp-born sculptor had previously spent about 30 years in Paris establishing his career. This small, finely modeled marble sculpture, likely depicting the goddess...
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Sculpture
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id
17652
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sculpture
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| stage |
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Seligmann, Rey & Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see album of Seligmann]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
6
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.306_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.306_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.306_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 6 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.306 |
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Medium
white marble
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