The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Venus after the Bath

c. 1600

cast possibly by the Workshop of Giambologna

(Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)
after a model by

Giambologna

(Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)
Italy, early 17th century
bronze
Overall: 25.6 x 7 x 9 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop 1993.230
Location: 117A Italian Renaissance

Did You Know?

Giambologna intended his bronze statuettes to be held and touched, to fully appreciate their smooth, elegant forms.

Description

The statuette’s scale speaks to its likely place in private, intimate settings. The serpentine composition would have encouraged close examination from multiple angles. Compare the complexity of her pose to the relatively static Venus with a Burning Urn (1948.171).
  • Samuel Mather Bishop, 1851-1931 (Cleveland, Ohio), by inheritance to his daughter, Constance Mather Bishop.
    Constance Mather Bishop, upon her death, by inheritance to Jonathan S. Bishop.
    Jonathan S. Bishop, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
  • CMA 1975: "Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections," cat. #148
    CMA 1971: "Florence and the Arts," cat. #37.
  • {{cite web|title=Venus after the Bath|url=false|author=Giambologna, Giambologna|year=c. 1600|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.230