Venus Tauride
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The Venus Tauride or Venus of Tauris is a 1.67 m high sculpture of
It shows the goddess rising from her bath (with a column on the right on the piece, to her left-hand side, with her towel or clothing draped over it). It lost both arms in antiquity and her nose has been restored, but is otherwise complete (including an elaborate ancient hairstyle popular amongst classical upper-class women, with locks falling down onto her shoulders, and an original ankle bracelet on her left ankle).
It was thought to be a 2nd-century AD Roman copy from a Greek original, but recent research suggests it is in fact a Greek original dating from the 3rd or 2nd century BC.
It was ceded by
References
- ^ "The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News". Hermitagemuseum.org. 2005-06-28. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
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