Capitoline Venus in the Palazzo Nuovo, Rome

This is a second century Roman copy of an earlier Greek statue of Venus and adopts the traditional pose of a woman emerging from a bath, her left hand modestly covering her groin, and her right hand about to cover her breasts. The statue, which is slightly larger than life-size, was found on the Viminal, the smallest of Rome's seven hills, in 1674. It was purchased in 1752 by Pope Benedict XIV and donated to the Capitoline Museums. It is located on the ground floor of the Palazzo Nuovo.

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