Collection Online
Crouching Venus
Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
20.2 × 17.8 × 14.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Chantilly, Oise, France
Accession Number
1997.325.1
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Peter Wynne Morris, Governor, 1997
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Crouching Venus (venus accroupie): White, glazed figure of a woman kneeling on one knee, head and torso twisting anticlockwise, with her right hand holding a sponge to her left shoulder and with her left arm outstretched behind her holding a bunch of drapery.