Woman head

The little female head, although the lack of informations, can be associated with Tullio Lombardo’s studio, an important Renaissance sculptor and architect who worked in many artistic construction sites during his life. The position of the pupils, the chubby mouth and the presence of adipose fat under the chin don’t show any doubts about the precise correspondence between the work in question and Tullio’s style, even hough the type of hairstyle is not totally similar (in the work of Tullio, all figures present curly hair).

The work refers to the "Venere Capitolina", a Roman copy of an original statue, the "Venere Cnidia" of Praxiteles. Basically, one of the many Renaissance statues that looked back at the ancient time and its artistic essence.

The oral tradition reports that the piece was purchased by Pietro Accorsi from the antique dealer Giuseppe Angotti, even though there are no informations about his figure.