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Johan Tobias Sergel
(Sweden, 1740-1814)
Estimate
15 000 - 18 000 SEK
1 410 - 1 690 EUR
1 590 - 1 910 USD
Hammer price
24 000 SEK
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Johan Tobias Sergel
(Sweden, 1740-1814)
"Venus aux belles fesses"
Marble. Height 52 cm.
More information
The sculpture is a free copy after Johan Tobias Sergel's composition from 1780 depicting Ulla von Höpken which is a monumental statue at the National Museum in Stockholm. Sergel's statue is inspired by Venus Kallipygos, which is an ancient Roman statue , today n the collections of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Italy. This sculpture in turn is believed to be a copy of a lost ancient Greek bronze statue from the 300s.