A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS ANADYOMENE Circa 1st –...
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS ANADYOMENE Circa 1st – 2nd Century A.D. Probably from the Eastern empire, Venus is depicted nude in bathing pose, with elongated limbs and a slender torso that surmounts her wide curvaceous buttocks, she stands with her weight on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, with one arm raised to her hair, wringing water from a tress of hair, the other held in front of her with an open palm, 11.9cm high, Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in 2000, Literature: A similar example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 96.9.408. 96.9.408 96.9.408 96.9.408 96.9.408
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A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS ANADYOMENE Circa 1st – 2nd Century A.D. Probably from the Eastern empire, Venus is depicted nude in bathing pose, with elongated limbs and a slender torso that surmounts her wide curvaceous buttocks, she stands with her weight on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, with one arm raised to her hair, wringing water from a tress of hair, the other held in front of her with an open palm, 11.9cm high, Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in 2000, Literature: A similar example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 96.9.408. 96.9.408 96.9.408 96.9.408 96.9.408