The Clodion Venus

This bust was described as 'The Clodion Venus' when it was acquired from the manufacturers, Messrs Minton, in 1873. Mintons evidently thought the sculpture it was based on was by the French artist Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738-1814). In fact the bust is a variant of a well-known sculpture of a shivering girl, ‘La Frileuse’ (or ‘Winter’), by the French artist, Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). In Mintons' version the girl’s cloak has been removed, and she has been re-defined as Venus.

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Parian porcelain was developed in Staffordshire during the1840s, and was initially used for making copies of marble sculpture. These were sold in some numbers for relatively modest prices, enabling a wider range of buyers to own small-scale sculptures, and display them in a domestic setting. Parian porcelain is usually white and was often left unglazed, particularly when used for sculptural works. This bust was described as Minton’s ‘first specimen of Parian tinted in the mass, combining the colours of terracotta with the advantages of a vitrified porcelain.’ Messrs Minton exhibited a white Parian porcelain version of this model at the London International Exhibition of 1862.

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同一展厅 · Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, 维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆

同一主题 · Winter

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Seal of the Corporation of Stoke upon Trent'

Study of a seated boy

Avarice, 1993

Sloth, 1993

Gluttony, 1993

Pride, 1993

Envy, 1993

Venus et Amour, 1990

Bølge og fugl, 1984

Sipulit, ca. 1982-1984

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1944, printed later

Winter Sunrise, the Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California, 1944, printed 1980

Young Oaks, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California, 1938, printed later

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1938, printed 1980

Eagle Peak and Middle Brother, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1968, printed 1979

Sentinel Rock, Winter Dusk, Yosemite National Park California, 1944

Eagle Peak and Middle Brother, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, c. 1968

Trees and Cliffs of Eagle Peak, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, c. 1935