'Venere Italica' by Antonio Canova

'Venere Italica' by Antonio Canova
New York, New York (NY), US
Italian Venus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Italian Venus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
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