This is Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea) in her sea shell. Terracotta, made in Amisos (Pontus), late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD, found in Kertch (ancient Panticapaeum).
15 cm (5 in) tall.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Aphrodite Anadyomene - a terracotta sculpture
This is Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea) in her sea shell. Terracotta, made in Amisos (Pontus), late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD, found in Kertch (ancient Panticapaeum).
15 cm (5 in) tall.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
Venus Anadyomène - Lombardo
Venus Anadyomène
1516
41 x 23 cm
Antonio Lombardo
marble
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Inscribed on base: NVDA VENVS MADDIDAS EXPRIMIT IMBRE COMA. I have no idea what that means.
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