Sujet

Statuette of Venus (Venus de Clercq), A.D. 175-200. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Statuette of Venus (Venus de Clercq), A.D. 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 B.C. the Greek sculptor Praxiteles carved a cult statue of the goddess Aphrodite, the first full-scale female nude in Greek art.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_411

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,2Mo (1,5Mo) / 32,9cm x 42,0cm / 3888 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing Italy religious stone arts carving country Rome religion naked nude statue statues sculpture art color Classical marble archaeology ancient handicraft handicrafts Roman carved location century archaeological statuette concept mythology roman mythology Venus archeology nudity goddess nakedness Colour Aphrodite Greek mythology 2nd century sculpture Unknown Heritage Art marble with polychromy mythological figure Hand Carved Praxiteles Praxiteles II Venus de Clercq