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Bust of Venus   Giuseppe Mazza (1653–1741)

Bust of Venus

Giuseppe Mazza (1653–1741)

1692

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Büste der Venus
Material/technique
Carrara marble
Measurements
81 × 69 × 36 cm, weight: 145.0 kg
Acquisition
acquired in 1692 by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein
Currently exhibited
Garden Palace, permanent presentation
Artists/makers/authors
Giuseppe Mazza
Detailed information
Inventory number
SK 1365
Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
bez.: G.M.F. 1692
Provenance
acquired in 1692 by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein
Place of origin
Bologna
Iconography
Venus
Literature
Vincenzio Fanti, Descrizzione completa di tutto ciò che ritrovasi nella galleria di pittura e scultura di Sua Altezza Giuseppe Wenceslao del S.R.I. Principe Regnante della casa di Lichtenstein, Wien 1767, S. 69, Kat. 49

Adriana Arfelli, Lettere Inedite dello scultore G.M. Mazza e il suoi corrispondenti, in: L'Archiginnasio, Bd. 29, 1934, S. 419 u. 425–426

J. Fleming, Giuseppe Mazza, in: The Connoisseur 147 1961, S. 210 u. 215

Olga Raggio, Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, New York 1985, S. 23-24, Kat. 11

Ausst.-Kat. Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein, Uwe Wieczorek, Paul Reiles, Jean Luc Koltz (Hg.), Museée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg, Luxemburg 8.7.1995–3.9.1995, erschienen Luxemburg 1995, S. 28–29, Kat.-Nr. 7

Ausst.-Kat. Collections du Prince de Liechtenstein, Uwe Wieczorek, Paul Reiles, Jean Luc Koltz (Hg.), Musée national d’histoire et d’art de Luxembourg, Luxemburg 8.7.1995–3.9.1995, erschienen Luxemburg 1995, S. 30, Nr. 7, Abb. S. 38, Textband S. 28-29, Kat. 7

Ausst.-Kat. Princely Taste. Treasures from Great Private Collections, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem März–Juni 1995, erschienen Jerusalem 1995, S. 32

Johann Kräftner, Andrea Stockhammer, Liechtenstein Museum Wien. Le Collezioni, München 2004, S. 95, Kat. 9

Johann Kräftner, Andrea Stockhammer, Liechtenstein Museum Vienna. The Collections, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), München–Berlin–London–New York 2004, S. 95, Kat. 9

Johann Kräftner, Andrea Stockhammer, Liechtenstein Museum Wien. Die Sammlungen, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), München–Berlin–London–New York 2004, S. 95, Kat. 9

Carina A. E. Weißmann, Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740). Repräsentationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700 (Sammler, Sammlungen, Sammlungskulturen in Wien und Mitteleuropa/Forschungen aus dem Vienna Center for the History of Collecting), Sebastian Schütze (Hg.), Bd. 3, Berlin–Boston 2022, S. 148, Abb. 109

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