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La redécouverte des antiques s’accompagne d’un essor des thèmes classiques ; à l’instar de cette Venus Pudique, réalisée par Antonio Garella (1863-1919) d’après la Vénus Médicis (Florence, Galerie des Offices, inv. 224). Déjà très populaire au cours de l’Antiquité, cette copie romaine de l’Aphrodite de Cnide attribuée à Praxitèle réalisée vers le milieu du IVe s av. J.-C., fait l’objet de nombreuses réinterprétations après sa redécouverte au cours de la première moitié du XVIe siècle vers les bains de Trajan situés au sommet de l’Oppius à Rome.
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The pictures of the catalogue are accurate but the Venus is more impressive in reality (lifesize). Some grey veins inherent with marterial. There surface scratches, nicks, cracks, chips stains and dust due to a outdoor exposure. Some traces of lichen including the head, hair, back, torso and base. Some holes, including filled in holes, inherente with the material. Some brown/grey drips due to water espacially to her face. Both arms (biceps to fingers) are originally carved in a over piece of marble with joins. Visible cracks around the joins, some of them restored with plaster. The index of her proper left hand is restored (broken and refixed) and the ring finger is half broken. Some plaster traces on the dolphin.