GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE - STATUETTE OF THE GODDESS VENUS - ARLES

Reproduction of a bronze statuette of the goddess Venus "in the bath", recognizable by her nakedness.

Her right hand, removable, was set with a lug in the forearm. The original piece was found in the embankments of a caldarium of the site of the Glass factory, in Trinquetaille. She is preserved in the Archaeological museum of Arles. A bronze base had been added. Hand work with "lost wax".

Venus is in the roman mythology the goddess of love, beauty and seduction. She is the most desired goddess of all the gods ; She is equated to Aphrodite in the greek mythology.

Height: 18 cm; Width: 5,5 cm ; Weight: 485 g