Giambologna created several female nudes inspired by ancient prototypes of the Crouching Venus; the conception of the present model has been dated to the mid 1560s (op. cit.).
RELATED LITERATURE C. Avery and A. Radcliffe (eds.), Giambologna 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, exh. cat. Arts Council of Britain and Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, London, 1978, pp. 74-75, nos. 19 and 20