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LOT 0390
Life-Size Draped Statue of Venus
19TH CENTURY A.D.
33 in. (133 kg, 84 cm high).
A life-size marble upper body of a young female figure, likely the goddess Venus, shrouded in a palla mantle worn over the robe and draped over the head as a hood; the left arm bent to form folds and gatherings in the cloth, the right arm shown beneath the cloth held bent to the right breast.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11687-199355.
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility. Married to the god Vulcan, Venus' principal divine lover was Mars, with whom she was famously trapped in bed with a net by Vulcan. The goddess also had numerous mortal lovers - Adonis for example. The earliest known appearance of a temple dedicated to Venus was founded on the Aventine Hill in 295 B.C. She is most closely associated with the month of April, the beginning of the season of spring.
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LOT 0390
Life-Size Draped Statue of Venus
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £600
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Opening Bid: £4,000
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