Statuette of Venus (Venus de Clercq), 175-200. Additional Info: Venus, the goddess of love, is shown naked, undressing for her bath. She stands with her right hand modestly covering her pubic area while her left hand drops her garment on a vase. Her eyes were originally inlaid in a contrasting material, and she would have worn earrings. This Roman statuette copies on a smaller scale one of the most famous Greek statues ever made. About 350 the Greek sculptor Praxiteles carved a cult statue of the goddess Aphrodite, the first full-scale female nude in Greek art.

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Size: 3888px × 4960px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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