# Venus after the Bath

- By: Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)
- Date: c. 1600
- Medium: bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 25.6 x 7 x 9 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy, early 17th century
- Credit line: Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.230)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.230/1993.230_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The statuette’s scale speaks to its likely place in private, intimate settings. The serpentine composition would have encouraged close examination from multiple angles. Compare the complexity of her pose to the relatively static Venus with a Burning Urn (1948.171).