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A Venus for Florence
Venus in the Bath, 1836-1838
Terracotta - H. 38 cm
Photo : Beni Culturali
8/2/24 - Acquisition - Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia - Venus, about to enter or leave the water, preserves her modesty by covering - poorly - her naked body with a drape. The expression on her face varies from one work to another, more or less chaste or mischievous. Luigi Pampaloni was probably inspired by Canova’s famous Venus Italica to represent the goddess in the bath, which was commissioned from him in 1836 by the American collector Meredith Calhoun, and which he exhibited at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts in 1838. The marble is now lost, but a plaster cast is known (ill. 1) and the Galleria delle Accademia in…
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