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Venus Victrix (Canova)
Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix, semi-nude life-size reclining neo-Classical portrait sculpture by Canova. Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods, and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch (as most often seen in reclining portrayals of Hermaphroditi), it was commissioned by her husband Camillo and executed in Rome from 1805 to 1808, after the subject's marriage into the Borghese family.
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