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S10.7 VENUS TYPE GENETRIX

Venus Type Genetrix | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Catalogue No. -
Title Venus Type Genetrix
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 2.14 metres
Context -
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue by Callimachus 420 - 410 B.C.
Style Classical
Date C1st A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus) stands holding an apple in one hand and lifting her cloak with the other.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite