Bathing Venus by Allegrain. 64 cm

Description

Bathing Venus by Allegrain. High-quality decorative reproduction, made in molded marble (marble powder bound with resins), finely polished sculpture with a patina of natural earth tones, giving it the appearance of a sculpture embellished by the passage of time.

Height: 64 cm.

This sculpture can be displayed in outdoor environments, gardens, and terraces, enduring exposure to the elements. Ideal for decoration or as a gift.

Bathing Venus by Allegrain. Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710 – 1795), a French sculptor who developed his work under the Neoclassical style softened with the smoothness and charm of the Rococo. The beautiful figure of Venus has captivated a large number of famous personalities throughout history. In this statue, the sculptor Allegrain depicts Venus emerging from the bath as a mortal woman in all her realism.

In classical mythology, Venus, identified in Rome with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, is the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. The myth tells of Venus’s birth from the waters, emerging from the foam generated by the genitals of the sky god, Uranus, mutilated by his son Cronus-Saturn. The aquatic origin of the goddess highlights Venus’s connection with water as a symbol of fertility, regeneration, and life. Venus was represented with symbolic attributes such as the rose and the mirror, and animals such as the dove or the swan, and she represents love in all its facets, ranging from universal harmony to human desire and passion, beauty, and seduction.

Venus is attributed with loves with various lovers, both divine and human, from Vulcan, the god of blacksmiths and fire, her legitimate husband, or his brother, Mars, the god of war, to mortals like the beautiful Adonis, for whose death she descended to Hades, or the Trojan prince Anchises, from whom she bore Aeneas, considered by the Romans as her mythical ancestor.

Decoration with sculptures of mythological characters, such as this Venus statue, infuses an air of nobility and serenity into our favorite indoor and outdoor spaces, gardens, and terraces.