# Venus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MACDONALD, Lawrence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macdonald-lawrence-r98b7028f5fa3e0>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: White marble, height 167 cm

## Commentary

The composition of the Venus is derived from the celebrated Tauride Venus of Greek antiquity, known from a 2nd-century AD Roman Imperial copy in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. Whilst ideal works such as the present Venus are relatively rare in MacDonald&#39;s oeuvre, given his popularity as a portraitist, his serene Neoclassicism lends itself perfectly to the genre. The statue is signed and dated: L. MACDONALD. FECIT / ROMA. 1857.

## Related artworks

- [Monument to Emily Georgiana, Lady Winchilsea \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macdonald-lawrence-r98b7028f5fa3e0/monument-to-emily-georgiana-lady-winchilsea-detail-r4db5136edf6ff6>)
- [Monument to Emily Georgiana, Lady Winchilsea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macdonald-lawrence-r98b7028f5fa3e0/monument-to-emily-georgiana-lady-winchilsea-ra6398ecd41220c>)
- [Venus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macdonald-lawrence-r98b7028f5fa3e0/venus-detail-r506913f131eed2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)