La Baigneuse
Maker
Unknown
Afterafter
Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain
(1710-1795)
Formerformerly attributed to
Simon-Louis Boizot
(French, 1743 - 1809)
Additional Title(s)
- Venus Entering the Bath
- The Bather
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1875-1925
Mediummarble
Dimensions29 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (75.6 x 26 x 25.1 cm.)
DescriptionThis sculpture depicts the full-length nude female figure of Venus, Roman goddess of love, towelling her legs with a furled cloth as she rests one foot on a small rock.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextThis sculpture is a later version, much reduced in size, of a monumental marble commissioned for the French royal court in 1751. It proved to be a popular design. Allegrain exhibited other versions of the sculpture into the 1760s, and innumerable copies in various sizes were produced both in bronze and marble well into the 19th century.Status
On viewObject number78.20.55
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7