Statue "Birth of Venus" author HUNT

Bronze lost wax base in grey marble
Splendid bronze statue base with dark gray marble, created by artist HUNT representing the "Birth of Venus"
Period:1900
Style:Artist HUNT
Material:Bronze lost wax base in grey marble
Conditions:In excellent condition
Measures:Hcm. 60 Dcm. 18
Weight:KG 20
History and curiosity of this item:
AUTHOR HUNT NOTES:
Antique Gutenbergalcolosseo Rome proposes: 10. [Sculptures] Bronze signed Hunt. Bust of Bajadera. Age: early'900.
Quattrocchi dell'Arte of a young Painter and Antique Catania, proposes: Cod.A051 Bronze Sculpture depicting Hercules and the lion Signed Hunt'900 measures 25x22
We remember also the famous sculptor BRIAN HUNT present in the Sculpture Garden of Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
NOTES ON THE WORK:
The Birth of Venus:
second Hesiod, Venus was born before the other gods of Olympus. When the titanium Crono recise the genitals of the father of Venus (Uranus) and threw them at the bottom of the sea, blood and semen contained therein is joined in the form of foam and galleggiarono to the island of Cyprus, where Aphrodite emerged from the waters and the foam (hence the origin of its name: the word "aphros" means foam). Aphrodite had not then nor children nor childhood was coming to the world as a young woman and completely formed. This is known as "version of shell." Painted by Botticelli.
Product Details:
Style: Antique Imitation
Material: Metal
Technique: Painted
Use: Art & Collectible
Product Type: Sculpture
Type: Bronze