id: 125936
accession number: 1948.171
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.171
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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
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creation date: c. 1500–1520
creation date earliest: 1495
creation date latest: 1525
current location: 117A Italian Renaissance
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Northern Italy, 16th century
technique: gilt bronze
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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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.)
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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: Antiquity in the Renaissance
opening date: 1978-04-06T05:00:00
Antiquity in the Renaissance. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (April 6-June 6, 1978).
title: Nature and Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance
opening date: 1985-12-04T05:00:00
Nature and Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance. Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (organizer) (December 4, 1985-March 2, 1986).
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).
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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"
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PROVENANCE
John Postle Heseltine, 1843-1929 (London, England)
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Dr. Ernö Wittmann, died 1963 (Budapest, Hungary), by 1929
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R. Stora & Company (New York), by 1948, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948.
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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.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. “Recent Accessions in Bronze.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 1 (1949): 5–7.
page number: Mentioned: P. 5; reproduced: Cover
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141525
Pope-Hennessy, John. “Recent Research.” The Burlington Magazine 91, no. 557 (1949): 233–234.
page number: Mentioned: P. 234
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/870194
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
Wixom, William D. Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
Published as: Venus Prudentia
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 109
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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
Draper, James David. "Andrea Riccio and hi Colleagues in the Untermyer Collection." Apollo (March 1978): 170-180.
page number: Mentioned: P. 180 n. 55
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Brown, Beverly Louise. "Picturing the Perfect Marriage: The Equilibrium of Sense and Sensibility in Titian's "Sacred and Profane Love."" In Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. Andrea Bayer,ed., 238-245. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 240, fig. 94
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 175
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IMAGES
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