Greek - Aphrodite - Walters 54952 - Three Quarter Right

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Greek - Aphrodite - Walters 54952 - Three Quarter Right

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Venus (known to the Greeks as Aphrodite) may have originally been holding up a necklace. This type of ancient statuette with restrained body language inspired Renaissance pieces such as a northern Italian "Venus" of about 1500 (Walters 54.244).

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0332
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