Caption

Six casts of ancient sculptures of Venus including the Venus de' Medici, the Capitoline Venus and the Venus de Milo, photograph, page, inscription: '24 Venus Medici. 25 Venus Milo. 26 Venus Capitol. 27 Venus Genetrix. 28 Venus Arles. 29 Venus C...dos.', photographer: HG Smith, photographer: HW Tupper, c. 1864 - in or before 1874, HG Smith, HW Tupper, paper, albumen print, height 185 mm x width 171 mm, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), A vertically oriented photographic plate shows six rectangular panels arranged in two columns and three rows, each panel containing an image of a classical marble statue of a female figure on a dark background; the statues vary in pose and drapery with some nude figures and some partially draped, each standing on carved bases and photographed in full view, with the top row featuring three statues shown against plain dark backdrops and the middle and bottom rows framed similarly, the overall plate bordered by a light margin.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_120

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41.9Mb (7.6Mb) / 12.3in x 13.3in / 3679 x 3978 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six casts ancient sculptures Venus Venus de Medici Capitoline Venus Venus de Milo photograph page inscription 24 Venus Medici 25 Venus Milo 26 Venus Capitol 27 Venus Genetrix 28 Venus Arles 29 Venus C...dos photographer HG Smith HW Tupper c 1864 - 1874 paper albumen print height 185 mm x width 171 mm piece sculpture reproduction story of Aphrodite vertically oriented photographic plate six rectangular panels arranged two columns three rows panel containing image classical marble statue female figure dark background statues vary pose drapery nude figures partially draped standing carved bases photographed full view top row featuring three statues shown plain dark backdrops middle bottom rows framed similarly plate bordered light margin