Venus Victrix

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Venus Victrix is a celebrated neoclassical marble sculpture by Antonio Canova depicting Pauline Bonaparte as the goddess Venus.

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Venus Victrix canonical 5
Venus Victrix (Venus Victorious) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marble sculpture
neoclassical sculpture
work of art
artForm mythological sculpture
portrait sculpture
sculpture
artist Antonio Canova
artistStyle Antonio Canova’s neoclassical style
associatedWith Borghese family
Napoleonic court
Pauline Bonaparte
collection Galleria Borghese
commissionedBy Camillo Borghese
countryOfOrigin Italy
creatorNationality Italian
culturalContext Napoleonic era
currentOwner Galleria Borghese
depictionType reclining nude
depicts Pauline Bonaparte
Venus
depictsAs Pauline Bonaparte as Venus
depictsGender female figure
depictsMythologicalFigure Venus Victrix
depictsPose reclining on a couch
genre Neoclassicism
hasArtisticStyle neoclassical
hasAttribute idealized body
portrait head of Pauline Bonaparte
semi-draped figure
iconography Venus holding an apple
classical couch
inspiredBy classical antiquity
locatedIn Rome
locatedInCountry Italy
location Galleria Borghese
materialUsed marble
movement Neoclassicism
mythologicalTradition Roman mythology
notableFor celebrated neoclassical style
combination of portraiture and mythology
sensual portrayal of Pauline Bonaparte
patron Camillo Borghese
period early 19th century
subjectFamily Bonaparte family
linked to: Bonaparte dynasty
subjectPerson Pauline Bonaparte
titleLanguage Latin
titleMeaning Venus the Victorious

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Venus Victrix (Canova) title Venus Victrix
Venus Victrix (Canova) iconography Venus Victrix (Venus Victorious)
linked to: Venus Victrix
Venus epithet Venus Victrix
Temples of Venus hasDeityAspect Venus Victrix
Venus the Victorious hasName Venus Victrix