Venus, so-called Venus of Cardinal Granvella
ca. 1500
The statuette, with its artificially produced green patina, is one of the earliest fake antiquities of the Renaissance. Its restored silver feet were meant to simulate the repair of a fragmentary original. For Cardinal Granvella, the chancellor to Emperor Charles V, it was the most precious piece in his collection. Emperor Rudolph II acquired it from his estate and preserved it in a gilded case.
The statuette, with its artificially produced green patina, is one of the earliest fake antiquities of the Renaissance. Its restored silver feet were meant to simulate the repair of a fragmentary original. For Cardinal Granvella, the chancellor to Emperor Charles V, it was the most precious piece in his collection. Emperor Rudolph II acquired it from his estate and preserved it in a gilded case.
Time:
ca. 1500
Object Name
Statuette; bronze sculpture
Culture
Upper Italian
Material/technology:
Bronze, silver
Dimensions:
26,2 cm × 9 cm × 7 cm
Stamp / markings
Beschau Besançon; Meister CA
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 7343
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