La Baigneuse

Maker Unknown

Afterafter Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795)

Formerformerly attributed to Simon-Louis Boizot (French, 1743 - 1809)

Additional Title(s)

The Bather
Venus Entering the Bath

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Dateca. 1875-1925

Mediummarble

Dimensions29 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (75.6 x 26 x 25.1 cm.)

DescriptionThis sculpture depicts the full-length nude female figure of Venus, Roman goddess of love, towelling her legs with a furled cloth as she rests one foot on a small rock.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green

Status

Not on view

Label TextThis sculpture is a later version, much reduced in size, of a monumental marble commissioned for the French royal court in 1751. It proved to be a popular design. Allegrain exhibited other versions of the sculpture into the 1760s, and innumerable copies in various sizes were produced both in bronze and marble well into the 19th century.

Object number78.20.55