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Sculpture of an Empress in the Guise of Venus - FZ.041
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 50
AD
to 200
AD
Dimensions:
19.75" (50.2cm) high
Catalogue: V1, V4
Collection: Classical
Style: Roman
Medium: Bronze
Additional Information: sold
Location: Great Britain
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In Rome, it was not unusual to celebrate
the
beauty of the imperial women by
comparing
them to goddesses. This is probably a
sculpture
of that flattering type, though it may
simply
represent an ideal of beauty. The
goddess
Aphrodite--who possibly held the golden
apple
prize for the fairest in her missing
hand--wears
a clinging garment that emphasizes her
voluptuous form. With her other hand she
lifts a
now vanished veil (also perhaps of gold
or
silver)to reveal her serene loveliness
to us. We
are enchanted now as then by her beauty,
which
is timeless, classic, and worthy of a
goddess.
- (FZ.041)
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