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Cast of the Barberini Faun
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cast of statue, Capitoline Venus
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cast of statue, Aphrodite crouching
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Cast of statue, drunk old woman
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cast of statue, so-called Ariadne asleep
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Cast of statue, boxer
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cast of torso, so-called Belvedere torso
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cast of statue, Nike of Samothrace
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cast of statue, Artemis
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cast of statue, so-called Prince of the baths
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cast of statue, Peplophoros
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cast of statue, Poseidon
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cast of statue, Laocoon
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cast of a statue, Venus of the Esquiline
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cast of statue, Spinario
Cast of the Barberini Faun
cast of statue, Capitoline Venus
cast of statue, Aphrodite crouching
Cast of statue, drunk old woman
cast of statue, so-called Ariadne asleep
Cast of statue, boxer
cast of torso, so-called Belvedere torso
cast of statue, Nike of Samothrace
cast of statue, Artemis
cast of statue, so-called Prince of the baths
cast of statue, Peplophoros
cast of statue, Poseidon
cast of statue, Laocoon
cast of a statue, Venus of the Esquiline
cast of statue, Spinario

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Description

The cast depicts the goddess Venus in the moment immediately preceding her bath; entirely naked, she is slightly inclined forward, in the act of protecting her chest and pubis with both arms. The right leg is bent and advanced, the left is in support. The head is slightly bent to the left and has complex hair with a high "bow" knot and locks falling over the shoulders. The clothes are placed on an amphora, placed near the left leg. The original sculpture, slightly larger than life size, was found in Rome, near the basilica of San Vitale around 1666-1670 and was purchased and donated to the Capitoline collections by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752. The Venus of the Capitoline Museum he defined the so-called “Capitoline type”, of which numerous replicas are known. The statue is considered one of the earliest and most faithful replicas of the famous statue of Aphrodite Cnidia, made by Praxiteles around 360 BC for the sanctuary of the goddess in Cnidus.


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