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Sculpture · 19th century
Venus of Capua
After the Antique · Italian, 19th century
Artist After the Antique Medium Patinated bronze Foundry Italian, Likely Naples, no foundry marks Signature No signatures Date Late 19th century Dimensions 25 inches high Condition Dark brown to black patina. Excellent condition
The Venus of Capua was discovered in the amphitheatre of Capua in 1750, and remains in Naples to this day. Both the Capuan Venus and the Venus de Milo (discovered some seventy years later) — Roman marble copies of bronze Greek originals — are thought to derive from a lost 4th century original.
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