Venus Marina

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Venus Marina
Date1650–1700
PlaceFrance
MediumBronze
Dimensions9 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (23.5 × 57.2 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number69.3
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
207 Powell Gallery
On view

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Provenance[M. Knoedler and Company, New York, 1968]; [Michael Hall Fine Arts, 1969]; purcahsed by MFAH, 1969.
Exhibition History"The French Bronze: 1500-1800," at M. Knoedler and Company, New York, NY 1968 (listed as attributed to Pierre Pujet).

"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October 1980 - 4 January, 1981.



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Ebonized wood, gilt bronze, semi-precious stones and repousse silver
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Bronze
2000.593
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1873
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Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
after 1882
Bronze
94.449
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Auguste Rodin
1890, cast 1964
Bronze
68.29
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Bronze
78.259