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Toilet of Venus
Crouching Venus
Toilet of Venus
Flemish (Flanders)
Renaissance
late16th–early 17th century
Object Place: Europe, Flanders
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
12.86 x 10.01 cm (5 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number60.46
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
This medallion replicates a famous ancient marble sculpture in miniature, allowing the owner to hold antiquity in his or her hand.
DescriptionElliptical-shaped uniface plaquette. Pierced at top. Semi-recumbent, nude young woman with elbow on tasseled cushion.
Provenance1960, Blumka Gallery, New York; sold by Blumka to the MFA for $300. (Accession Date: February 11, 1960)