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After Giambologna (1524-1608). Venus after the Bath (The Cesarini Venus), probably late 18th or 19th century, bronze, raised on later marble plinth base with moulded circular foot, 19.5 cm (7 3/4 ins) high overall, diameter of bronze foot 6 cm (2 3/8 ins) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Bonhams, London, 12 July 2023, lot 13. Executed in marble in 1583, the Cesarini Venus was commissioned from Giambologna by Giangiorgio Cesarini, Marquis of Civitanova, and executed on the orders of Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici (1541-1587). Thought to derive from an earlier wax model used in the casting of a signed bronze statuette of Venus drying herself from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 5874), the Cesarini Venus became one of Giambologna's most famous models, with reductions cast by Susini and later by other workshops.