After the ancient Capitoline Venus, Patinated bronze on a Sienes...
After the ancient
Capitoline Venus,
Patinated bronze on a Sienese marble base,
19th century
H_71 cm
The sculpture, which is slightly larger than the original, was discovered between 1667 and 1670 near the Basilica of San Vitale, between the Quirinal and the Viminal, and was donated to the Capitoline Museums by Benedict XIV in 1752.
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After the ancient
Capitoline Venus,
Patinated bronze on a Sienese marble base,
19th century
H_71 cm
The sculpture, which is slightly larger than the original, was discovered between 1667 and 1670 near the Basilica of San Vitale, between the Quirinal and the Viminal, and was donated to the Capitoline Museums by Benedict XIV in 1752.