Esquiline Venus
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The Esquiline Venus is a smaller-than-life-size Roman nude marble sculpture of a female in sandals and a diadem headdress. There is no definitive scholarly consensus on either its provenience or its s
A Sculptor's Model, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1877
Diadumenè, by Edward Poynter, 1884
Another torso of this type (Louvre)
Temple of Venus Genetrix
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The Temple of Venus Genetrix is a ruined temple in the Forum of Caesar, Rome, dedicated to the Roman goddess Venus Genetrix, the founding goddess of the Julian gens. It was dedicated to the goddess on
Ruins of the Forum of Caesar
Conjectural illustration (Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, 1747)
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