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Venus with the Apple

Venus with the Apple

Maker
Maker (Flemish, 1529 - 1608)
Additional Title(s)
  • Venus Vincitrice
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date19th Century
Mediumbronze
Dimensions8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm.) 8 7/16 × 4 × 4 in. (21.4 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm.)
DescriptionFull-length nude figure, standing beside a tree stump which is covered with drapery. Her body leans over slightly to the left; she rests her left hand upon the tree stump and holds up an apple in her right, turning toward her right shoulder. Her hair is bound across the brow with a fillet, dressed high above it and gathered in a knot at the back of the head. Her right foot is placed firmly upon the ground; her left is partially raised.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number17.5
Venus with the Apple
Venus with the Apple
Unknown
17th-19th Century
Object number: 17.24
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
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Object number: 000.7
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
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ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
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Object number: 17.6
Illustration 1 to Milton's "Comus": Comus and His Revellers
Illustration 1 to Milton's "Comus": Comus and His Revellers
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.20
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
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ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.14
Illustration 6 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Night of Peace
Illustration 6 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Night of Peace
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.19
Woman Combing her Hair
Woman Combing her Hair
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.18
Henrietta Read, later Henrietta Meares
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Thomas Gainsborough
ca.1777
Object number: 24.2
Juno, Minerva, and Venus Dispatching Mercury with the Apple of Discord
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James Thornhill
ca. 1718
Object number: 78.14
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.17
Illustration 3 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Seen by Comus Plucking Grapes
Illustration 3 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Seen by Comus Plucking Grapes
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.22