22:
77:
93:
Meunier, former secretary of Rodin, experts such as Adrien
Blanchet, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and Alexandre Philadelpheus, director of the Athens National Archaeological Museum, the statue was dated to the end of the 2nd century CE (the hairstyle reminiscent of the Empress
92:
Gonon notified an amateur archaeologist, Jean Renaud, a member of the local learned society the Diana de
Montbrison. At the time, the society was chaired by Noël Thiollier, regional curator of historical monuments. On the basis of photographs sent by another member of the society, the Hellenist Mario
133:
marble (after a plaster maquette modelled on a young Polish woman, Anna
Studnicka). He buried his creation on October 9, 1936, without the knowledge of Gonon, to prepare a hoax to publicise his talent. This process was not new because it had already been practiced by
88:
farmer Jean Gonon discovered a statue buried half a metre from the surface. It was 86 cm and weighed 87 kilograms. It depicted a female, half-draped, with nose, right hand, left arm and lower torso broken off.
125:
However, as early as
November 1938, a journalist from the magazine Reflets revealed the truth; the statue was not antique because it was the work of a young artist of Italian origin from
138:. In order to convince Thiollier and Meley, curator of the museum of Saint-Etienne, Cremonese revealed the missing pieces in December 1938 and adhered them to the statue.
118:
141:
It was declassified by decree of
October 21, 1939, but the Venus was not returned to its creator, with Gonon remaining owner by court decision of May 26, 1939.
84:
The statue was discovered on April 28, 1937, in the hogback of Brizet, a mound to the east of the village Etrat. Ploughing his field,
162:
64:) in 1938, before it was revealed that it was actually sculpted in 1936 and buried the same year by an artist who imagined the
122:(Official Journal of France) of May 18, 1938 announced that the Venus de Brizet was classified as a historical monument.
369:
112:
mentioned the statue in its issue of June 19, 1937. It did not hesitate to evoke the name of the ancient sculptor
374:
116:. Relayed by many newspapers and magazines, this discovery made a national impact. Less than a year later, the
344:
Jean Tibi, L'œuvre brisée de
Francesco Crémonèse – Gloire et misère de la Vénus de Brizet (1937–1999),
21:
293:
La Vénus aux navets est la propriété de Gonon et non-de Crémonèse, déclarent les juges de
Montbrison,
94:
61:
50:
38:
244:
126:
98:
363:
76:
240:
135:
57:
102:
42:
130:
113:
46:
85:
75:
20:
65:
129:, Francois Cremonese (1907–2002). He carved the statue in
259:
M. Crémonèse est bien le père de la "Vénus aux navets",
49:), discovered in a field in Saint-Just-sur-Loire (in
60:work, it was classified as a historical monument (
80:Cremonese next to the statue (mid-December 1938).
163:"Forez Info – L'affaire de la Vénus de Brizet"
8:
119:Journal officiel de la République française
314:Marguerite Fournier, Vénus chez Thémis,
276:La "VĂ©nus aux navets" devant les juges,
97:) and it was thought that the neo-Attic
153:
220:Émile Hennin, Phidias ou Cremonese?,
7:
247:, Ministère français de la Culture.
236:
234:
216:
214:
188:
186:
184:
108:Informed by Thiollier, the magazine
14:
222:Le Monde illustré-Miroir du monde
192:Jean Renaud, La VĂ©nus de Brizet,
144:Its current location is unknown.
325:Jean Renaud, Vénus chez Thémis,
346:Bulletin du Vieux Saint-Étienne
1:
101:was a Roman copy of a Greek
56:Originally thought to be an
391:
68:for advertising purposes.
37:is a marble sculpture of
16:Marble sculpture of Venus
81:
30:
263:, December 17, 1938,
79:
24:
327:Bulletin de la Diana
224:, December 3, 1938,
194:Bulletin de la Diana
95:Faustine the Younger
370:Sculptures of Venus
245:Statue : VĂ©nus
62:monument historique
53:, France) in 1937.
82:
31:
322:January 25, 1986.
295:Le Petit Parisien
261:Le Petit Parisien
382:
375:Hoaxes in France
355:
351:
340:
336:
332:
321:
316:Village de Forez
302:
300:
297:, May 27, 1939,
291:
285:
283:
280:, May 16, 1939,
274:
268:
266:
257:
251:
250:
238:
229:
227:
218:
209:
207:
203:
199:
190:
179:
178:
176:
174:
158:
99:Venus Anadyomene
390:
389:
385:
384:
383:
381:
380:
379:
360:
359:
353:
349:
338:
334:
330:
319:
311:
306:
305:
298:
292:
288:
281:
275:
271:
264:
258:
254:
248:
239:
232:
225:
219:
212:
205:
201:
197:
191:
182:
172:
170:
160:
159:
155:
150:
74:
35:Venus de Brizet
27:Venus de Brizet
17:
12:
11:
5:
388:
386:
378:
377:
372:
362:
361:
358:
357:
342:
329:, Montbrison,
323:
310:
307:
304:
303:
286:
269:
252:
230:
210:
196:, Montbrison,
180:
167:forez-info.com
152:
151:
149:
146:
110:L'illustration
73:
70:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
387:
376:
373:
371:
368:
367:
365:
347:
343:
328:
324:
317:
313:
312:
308:
296:
290:
287:
279:
273:
270:
262:
256:
253:
246:
242:
237:
235:
231:
223:
217:
215:
211:
195:
189:
187:
185:
181:
168:
164:
157:
154:
147:
145:
142:
139:
137:
132:
128:
127:Saint-Etienne
123:
121:
120:
115:
111:
106:
104:
100:
96:
90:
87:
78:
71:
69:
67:
63:
59:
58:ancient Roman
54:
52:
48:
44:
40:
36:
28:
23:
19:
345:
326:
315:
309:Bibliography
294:
289:
277:
272:
260:
255:
241:Base Palissy
221:
193:
173:November 12,
171:. Retrieved
166:
156:
143:
140:
136:Michelangelo
124:
117:
109:
107:
91:
83:
55:
34:
32:
26:
18:
352:196, 1999,
249:(in French)
169:(in French)
364:Categories
278:L'Humanité
148:References
337:2, 1937,
204:2, 1937,
103:Aphrodite
43:Aphrodite
341:181–188.
208:181–188.
114:Phidias
72:History
45:to the
333:XXVI,
200:XXVI,
131:Tuscan
47:Greeks
356:5–90.
86:Forez
51:Loire
39:Venus
175:2017
161:FI.
66:hoax
33:The
25:The
228:13.
366::
354:p.
348:,
339:p.
331:t.
318:,
301:8.
299:p.
284:2.
282:p.
267:5.
265:p.
243::
233:^
226:p.
213:^
206:p.
198:t.
183:^
165:.
105:.
350:n
335:n
320:n
202:n
177:.
41:(
29:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
