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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi: Venus as Spiritual Love (Venus Caritas)   (  )
Artist	Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi  (1460–1528)     Alternative names Antico, L'Antico Description Italian sculptor, goldsmith and medalist Date of birth/death circa 1460 date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 1528  Location of birth/death Gazzuolo (?) Gazzuolo Authority file : Q1464234 VIAF: 23208624 ISNI: 000000008102387X ULAN: 500006970 LCCN: nr98029675 WGA: a/antico WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q1464234
Title	Venus as Spiritual Love (Venus Caritas)
Description	English: The artist's preoccupation with antiquity earned him his nickname. His patrons, the Gonzaga family of Mantua, sent him to Rome to study ancient sculpture so that he would be able to seek out antiquities for purchase, discern forgeries, and produce small versions in bronze of famous statues. The last are usually creative interpretations, which he called his "antiquities." This fine Venus may be loosely based on the same unrestored torso of a Roman copy after a Greek original as "Venus Pudica." Typical of Antico's style are the highly finished surface, dark patina, touches of gilding in the hair, and silver inlay for the eyes, a detail found in ancient bronzes. This Venus represents Spiritual Love, expressed through her modest pose, her lamp of celestial fire, and her crown of Virtue. Around 1520, Antico was creating pieces for his major patron in Mantua, the marchioness Isabella d'Este, whose refined tastes are here exemplified.
Date	between 1520 and 1523 date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1523-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	bronze with traces of gilt and silver inlay
Dimensions	height: 45.6 cm (17.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,45.6U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.1027
Place of creation	Mantua, Italy
Object history	Arnold Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown] 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995. I tesori del collezionismo dei Gonzaga. Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantova. 2008-2009. Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Frick Collection, New York. 2011-2012.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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