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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Inspired by the Capitoline Venus, the goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, her right bent at the knee with the heel raised, her left hand positioned over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, her head turned to her left, her wavy hair pulled back in a chignon and surmounted by a dove headdress, her eyes articulated, wearing bronze armlets, two sheet gold bands on her left arm, one on each ankle, and a gold torque supporting a pearl pendant, atop the original socle
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Inspired by the Capitoline Venus, the goddess depicted nude, standing with her weight on her left leg, her right bent at the knee with the heel raised, her left hand positioned over her pudendum, her right hand before her breasts, her head turned to her left, her wavy hair pulled back in a chignon and surmounted by a dove headdress, her eyes articulated, wearing bronze armlets, two sheet gold bands on her left arm, one on each ankle, and a gold torque supporting a pearl pendant, atop the original socle
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Péretié Collection.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Swiss Private Collection.
Louis de Clercq, Paris, 1836-1901.
Swiss Private Collection.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collections de Clercq, III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1905, no. 22, pl. IV.
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