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Sculpture · 19th century
Venus of Capua
After the Antique · Italian, 19th century
ArtistAfter the AntiqueMediumPatinated bronzeFoundryItalian, Likely Naples, no foundry marksSignatureNo signaturesDateLate 19th centuryDimensions25 inches highConditionDark 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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