id:			127949
accession number:	1950.578
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.578
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:24.775000

Venus, c. 1560. Danese Cattaneo (Italian, 1509–1573). Bronze; overall: 52.9 x 20 x 12 cm (20 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.578

title:				Venus
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1560
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1565
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* Danese Cattaneo (Italian, 1509–1573)  - artist

---

measurements: Overall: 52.9 x 20 x 12 cm (20 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

	title:		Collecting Drawings in England
	opening date:   1987-11-03T05:00:00
	<i>Collecting Drawings in England</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	Hans Gutmann (Vienna, Austria)
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	Erich Lederer (Geneva, Switzerland), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950.
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:
Cattaneo's <em>Venus</em> is reminiscent of the ancient Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles (Greek, c. 375–340 BC), as Venus holds her drapery in her right hand, leaving her body fully exposed. This work recalls Cattaneo's bronze sculptures of goddesses with the unbalanced curvature of the body and elaborately sculpted hair. Along with the hands and feet, the back of the figure is largely unfinished, indicating that it probably originally stood against a wall or in a niche.

wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 93
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n117

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 93
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n117

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 108
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n128

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.578/1950.578_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.578/1950.578_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.578/1950.578_full.tif