Marine Venus

Details

Date

2023

Author / Artist

Dimensions

132cm high

Material

Jesmonite

Catalogue number

SHPT.11

Current location

Music Room

After the Antique, Marine Venus, contemporary. The original Roman statue was excavated and brought back from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome by the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, while on his Grand Tour in 1827.
Offered in the Stowe sale of 1848 (Lot 697) the piece was purchased on behalf of the Queen as a gift for Prince Albert. The piece remains
in the Royal Collection at Osborne House.
The copy was made by Cliveden Conservation having undertaken a 3D laser and photogrammetric scans of the original.