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Gibson, La Vénus polychrome
Creator
James AndersonBritish Photographer · 1813–1877
All works by this person →James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog
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- 1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
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- British
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
Photograph of a statue known as "Venus Verticorda" or "Venus, the Turner of the Hearts" by John Gibson, which would serve as the basis of his later work, the polychrome "Tinted Venus." The statue depicts a nude female figure with carved drapery covering the lower left part of her body, and it appears to be lacking any painted details. She holds an apple in one hand and a tortoise can be seen by her left foot, slightly hidden by the drapery.
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