“The Hope Venus,” by Antonio Conova

The Hope Venus, by Antonio Canova (1757-1822). 1817-1820. Marble. H 177 x W 52 x D 70 cm. Collection: Leeds Art Gallery. Accession no. LEEAG.SC.1959.0021.0003; gifted by Mrs D. U. McGrigor Phillips, 1959. Photo credit: Leeds Museums and Art Gallery. The name given to this sculoture, which is seen here from three different angles, comes from the original purchaser, the banker and collector Thomas Hope, who commissioned it in 1816-17.

Other work by Antonio Canova on this site

Link to other related material

[Review of] The Colour of Anxiety: Race, Sexuality and Disorder in Victorian Sculpture at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2022-23)

Images kindly made available at Art UK on the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND). Text and formatting by Jacqueline Banerjee [Click on the images to enlarge them.]

Bibliography

Bryant, Julius. "Eccentric Pioneers?Patrons of Modern Sculpture for Britain c.1790." Burning Bright: Essays in Honour of David Bindman. Edited by Diana Dethloff et al. London: UCL Press, 2015.

The Hope Venus. Art UK. 18 December 2022.

Created 9 June 2019