Lely Venus
The Lely Venus is a marble statue of the crouching Venus type. It is a copy of a Hellenistic original by Doidalses of Bithynia and dates from the Antonine period. History The statue is first recorded in the House of Gonzaga, Gonzaga collection in Mantua, where it was inventoried in the Gonzaga collection in 1627 Whilst there it was seen by Peter Paul Rubens, who stayed with the Gonzaga family whilst on the continent on diplomatic and art-collecting duties for Charles I of England. It was an important influence on his voluptuous style of painting the female nude, so much so that it appeared at the National Gallery, London, National Gallery's "Rubens: A Master in the Making" exhibition from 26 October 2005 to 15 January 2006 It was soon purchased from the Gonzagas, in 1627–28, for Charles I of England, It was remarked in England in 1631 as "the finest statue of all" and valued at 6000 Écu (coin), ecus. On the dispersal of Charles's art collections during the Commonw ...
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Lely Venus BM 1963
Lely can refer to: * Cornelis Lely, Dutch engineer and statesman * Peter Lely, Dutch portrait painter of the 17th century * Jan Anthony Lely, inventor of the Lely method * Lely, Florida, Lely, a census-designated place in Florida, the United States * Lely (company), Lely, a Dutch agricultural machine manufacturer * Lely High School, a high school in Naples, Florida {{disambig ...
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