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Literature

A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del primo Novecento, vol. 1. , Turin, 2003, p. 29.

Catalog summary

Property Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the San Diego Museum of Art FERDINANDO ANDREINI Italian 1843 - 1922 VENUS signed F. Andreini/ Firenze marble height 59¾ in.; 151.8 cm Catalogue note Ferdinando Andreini was born in Settignano, just outside of Florence, and he studied under Ulisse Cambi (1807-1895) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Andreini began exhibiting in salons throughout Florence and Turin in 1861, and he became known for sculptures depicting female mythological and allegorical subjects. Like the present marble, the majority of the sculptures he executed during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, depict elegant and voluptuous nude figures. With its pure white unblemished surface, delicate features, undulating curves, and flowing drapery, Venus is a prime example of Italian Romantic sculpture. RELATED LITERATURE: A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del primo Novecento, vol. 1. , Turin, 2003, p. 29.