Aphrodite with Pearl
1.250,00 €
Aphrodite with Pearl
Terracotta, based on the ‘Venus of Capua’
Italy, mid-19th century
37 x 11 x 15 cm
The model for this piece is the statue of Aphrodite (‘Venus of Capua’) from the last quarter of the 4th century BC, which was found in 1750 in the amphitheatre of Capua (Italy) and is now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.