Venus Loosening Her Sandal

1st century BC (Hellenistic) H: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm) Citation Source image

Venus, goddess of love, and her son Cupid were favorite subjects in Greek and Roman sculpture. They appear in a variety of compositions, many of which were copied during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The ability of this graceful, naturalistic figure to move freely in sp...

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Durighello Collection, Paris, by 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Izmir (Smyrna)]; Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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