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A BRONZE STATUE OF VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA (Venus Marina)

A FLORETINE WORK OF ART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

BY

GIOVANNI BOLOGNA 1524 - 1608

FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD ASHBURNHAM

A similar Statue in Bronze, made for Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, about 1576 is in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; and a Terra-cotta Model of the same figure is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

THIS graceful and youthful figure is remarkable for the effect of its subtle and harmonious curves which the artist has aimed at intensifying throughout the whole composition. The purity of contour from head to foot imposes upon the eye a sense of satisfaction which grows more positive the longer one contemplates the intended natural movement. In elegance of design,