Venus of Ostia

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Venus of Ostia.

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Artist

Name:
Unknown

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Day & Son
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Winterthur Museum Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Selection of vases, statues, busts, &c., from terra-cottas
Author:
Blashfield, John Marriott
Publisher:
London: John Weale, 1857

Description:

Full-length depiction of Venus wearing only a thin veil stopping half-way up one of her thighs.
This is a copy of a Roman original based on a Greek type. When it was found in Ostia in 1775, several parts were missing, including the head and the arms. The head was found later, but not the arms, which were incorrectly restored. The original marble statue is kept at the British Museum.

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