General
General
Object Auto ID
57353
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_80216
Common Name
A Wardrobe (Venus at Her Bath)
Classified Name
Oil on canvas
Painting
Local Name
Venus (The Wardrobe)
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Nude young woman, holding a filmy white material as a towel/covering and a string of blue beads in her left hand. Standing in front of patterned cupboards, one door open, and standing on an animal skin.

Provenance

Anonymously donated, later found out to be Sylvia Gosse, 1913

Current Owner/Responsible Custodian
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Oil paint
Technique Types
Oil Painting
Colours
Cream
Blue
White
Brown
Pink
Black
Grey
Orange
Inscriptions
Signed with Anthemion deice (radiating fronds of lotus and palm leaves), bottom left corner
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
49.60
Height
cm
100.30
History
Object Age
1867
Maker
Albert Joseph Moore
Production Place
UK (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Media
Moore Venus FC.pdf (220.76 KB)
Moore, Albert Venus JAG272 CC.pdf (51.47 KB)
Moore Venus FC image.pdf (60.23 KB)
Moore JAG272 AF.pdf (83.93 KB)
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