id: 125936 accession number: 1948.171 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.171 updated: 2020-06-04 09:00:36.801000 Venus with a Burning Urn, c. 1500-1520. Northern Italy, 16th century. Gilt bronze; overall: 19.6 x 6.3 x 4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.); with base: 28.6 x 7 x 7 cm (11 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1948.171 title: Venus with a Burning Urn title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1500-1520 creation date earliest: 1495 creation date latest: 1525 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Northern Italy, 16th century technique: gilt bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 19.6 x 6.3 x 4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.); with base: 28.6 x 7 x 7 cm (11 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts opening date: 1949-09-30T04:00:00 Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949). title: The Renaissance Image of Man and the World opening date: 1961-10-27T04:00:00 The Renaissance Image of Man and the World. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 27, 1961). title: Bonacolsi. L'Antico. Uno scultore nella Mantova di Andrea Mantegna e di Isabella d'Este opening date: 2008-09-13T00:00:00 Bonacolsi. L'Antico. Uno scultore nella Mantova di Andrea Mantegna e di Isabella d'Este. Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantova, Italy (September 13, 2008-January 6, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (fall, 1943-1944): "15th and 16th c. Sculpture in Bronze and Wood, lent by Dr. Ernst Wittman," (no cat.)
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (1961): "The Renaissance Image of Man and the World"
Smith College Museum of Art (4/6/1978 - 6/6/1978): "Antiquity in the Renaissance"
Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Italy (9/13/2008 - 1/6/2009): "Bonacolsi. L'Antico. Uno scultore nella Mantova di Andrea Mantegna e di Isabella d'Este" --- PROVENANCE John Postle Heseltine, 1843-1929 (London, England) date: footnotes: citations: Dr. Ernö Wittmann, died 1963 (Budapest, Hungary), by 1929 date: footnotes: citations: R. Stora & Company (New York), by 1948, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Venus is the Roman goddess of many virtues, including Love, Charity, Fertility, and Victory. Here, Venus is represented as the goddess of Charity. She wears a crown, as Charity is often depicted as the Queen of the Virtues. The flaming lamp in Venus's left hand was also a symbol of Charity in Venice, where this piece is thought to have originated. The bent fingers of her right hand are bent suggest that Venus may have once held another object. Renaissance sculptors often looked back to antiquity when producing monumental and small bronze statues. The small bronze cabinet piece comes into Italian art during this time, bringing ancient gods and goddesses into Italian households. Venus stands in a contrapposto pose and, like Hellenistic and Roman objects, her locks are tied by a double ribbon while two curls fall on her shoulders. Her tilted head and large emotional eyes, as well as her small nose and parted lips reflect the influence of Hellenistic Greek facial styles. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 240 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n51 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 91 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n115 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 91 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n115 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 105 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n125 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.171/1948.171_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.171/1948.171_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.171/1948.171_full.tif