Venus Verticordia
Venus Verticordia White marble; c.1833-38 By John Gibson
Inscribed on the tortoise's shell: 'OPVS IOANNIS GIBSON ROMAE' Gibson recorded how the wealthy MP Joseph Neeld (1789 1856) had visited his studio in Rome several times before asking him to carve a 'Venus, nude, but with some drapery modestly arranged without sacrificing too much of the form'.
Inspired by Classical prototypes, Gibson showed…
Creator
- fitzwilliammuseum
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- sculpture (visual works)
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- fitzwilliammuseum
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- sculpture (visual works)
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
Creation date
- 2019
- 2019
Temporal
- Circa 1833 CE - Circa 1838 CE
- 19th century CE
Places
- Rome
Provenance
- Scanned with an artec Leo; Structured light scanning
Identifier
- share3d:1167
- share3d:1167
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- en
Is part of
- Share3D
- United Kingdom
Relations
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31066
Year
- 2019
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-08-01T13:13:20.892Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-12-09T08:53:52.112Z