WORKSHOP OF LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850), ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER TITIAN (1488/90-1576) | VENUS OF URBINO

This finely carved marble figure is carved after one of the most famous paintings in the world, Titian's Venus of Urbino (1543) in the Galleria degli Uffizi. The present group appears to have been made by the same hand as the preceding lot, Dirce from the workshop of the Florentine sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini. John Kenworthy-Browne has noted that Bartolini carved a lifesize version of Titian's Venus of Urbino, now in the One&Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas (op. cit.). An attribution to the Bartolini workshop for the present marble therefore seems justified, especially given the high quality of the carving.

RELATED LITERATURE

S. Bietoletti, A. Caputo and F. Falletti, Lorenzo Bartolini atti delle giornate di studio, exh. cat. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, 2013, p. 56, fig. 12