Crouching Venus
Mediterranean · 3rd century BCE
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Ancient · № 175
After Polyeuktos · ca. 280 BCE (Hellenistic original; Roman copy)
Object record
SMK source metadata identifies the marble original as a Roman copy after the Hellenistic statue type by Polyeuktos, with current owner Museo Chiaramonti. Cast acquired by SMK in 1898; SMK production note: Rom, Malpieri nr. 18.
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