Homage to Venus
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Not on view at present
Where is “Homage to Venus” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This ivory relief is made by Jacob Dobbermann, in Germany, probably Kassel, in ca. 1730-40.
Jacob Dobbermann (1682-1745) was a Polish amber,- and ivory-carver, active in Germany. He almost certainly came from a family of amber-carver in Danzig. From 1716 onwards he was the court artist of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. He is formally documented as 'Bernstein- und helffenbeinarbeiter' at Kassel in 1737. He produced ivory portrait medallions, and numerous reliefs in ivory, often depicting mythological scenes, many of them based on South Netherlandish engraved sources.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- A.22-1962
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
