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S10.6 VENUS TYPE CAPITOLINE

Venus Type Capitoline | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Catalogue No. -
Title Venus Type Capitoline
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 1.80 metres
Context -
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue
Style Classical
Date C2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus) stands nude with a hand held to breast and groin in a pose of faux modesty. Her son Eros (Roman Cupid) rides on the back of a dolphin at her feet.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Eros