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Venus
1782
Medium
marble
Measurements
218.3 × 45.5 × 45.3 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bruce Parncutt AO and Robin Campbell, Nigel Peck AM and Patricia Peck, Ken Harrison AM and Jill Harrison, donors to the 2016 NGV Foundation Annual Dinner and 2016 NGV Annual Appeal, 2016
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Inscription
carved in left side of sculpture l.l.: A • ROME • PAR • F • M • PONCET • 1782
Accession Number
2016.511
Department
International Sculpture
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