Early Roman Cast Bronze Figure of Venus

At her bath nude, save her diadem, the beguiling goddess arranges her hair with her left hand while gazing into her outstretched right hand, where she once held a mirror. Venus stands on her original bronze spool shaped pedestal with remnants of silver and glass paste inlaid decoration.

Reattached to pedestal, otherwise intact

2nd - 3rd Century AD

19.3 x 6.9 cm (7 5/8 x 2 3⁄4")

#6091

ex: Swiss private collection, before 1986

Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVIII. (London, 2019) p.35; Antiquarium Ltd.; Myth and Majesty (New York, 1992) no.60

Comparanda: Harvard Art Museums, The Sackler Museum acc. no. 1971.30 von Bothmer, Deitrich ; Ancient Art from New York Private Collections (New York, 1961) pl.57, no.158