16th-century sculptor
Venus Callipigia
marble sculpture (defects)
h cm 64
In a prissy manner the goddess of beauty is pictured in the act of lifting her softly draped peplos. With her head turned to the right she turns her gaze behind her shoulders to observe her hips and buttocks in the so-called anasyrma ritual.
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