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Pauline Bonaparte-Borghese as Venus

ArtistCanova, Antonio
Artist Info.Italy 1757-1822
ViewTotal from front center
Date1805-08
SubjectSculpture
PeriodNineteenth Century
Materialmarble
CollectionItaly, Rome, Galleria Borghese
Inv. No.LIV
Saskia No.Nid-0001
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 28, plate 21
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 30, plate 18
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 21, plate 59