Venus [Aphrodite], or the Farnese Flora. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1782, after T. Piroli.

  • Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752-1824.
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1782
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11585i
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Identified variously as Hope, Venus, Flora, a muse, a courtesan, etc.

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1782

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1 print : engraving

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Statua della Speranza, o di Venere trovata nelle Terme di Tito, detta volgarmente la Flora di Farnese esistente nell'atrio di quel palazzo. A Sua altezza il sig.re principe regnante Costantino Alesandro di Salm Salm amatore delle belle arti Francesco Piranesi D.D.D. Tomasso Piroli dis. Francesco Piranesi inc. 1782

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique. The lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 217-219, no. 41 (as the Farnese Flora)

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Wellcome Collection 11585i

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