Capitoline Venus

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The Capitoline Venus is a renowned Roman marble statue of the goddess Venus, celebrated as one of the finest ancient copies of Praxiteles’ Aphrodite and a masterpiece of classical sculpture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman sculpture
classical sculpture masterpiece
copy of Greek original
marble statue
artMovement Classical art
Greco-Roman art NERFINISHED
associatedWith Roman imperial period
cult of Venus NERFINISHED
basedOn Aphrodite of Knidos NERFINISHED
collection Capitoline Museums NERFINISHED
conservationStatus well preserved
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
culture Roman
depictionLocation mythological setting
depicts Aphrodite NERFINISHED
Venus NERFINISHED
displayedIn public museum
exhibitedAt Palazzo Nuovo NERFINISHED
exhibitedIn Hall of the Venus (Capitoline Museums) NERFINISHED
genre Venus Pudica type
hasInfluenced Neoclassical sculpture NERFINISHED
Renaissance artists
hasPart drapery
plinth
vase support
hasStyle classical proportion
idealized naturalism
iconographicType standing nude goddess covering herself
imageSubject nude female figure
inception 2nd century CE
influencedBy Praxiteles NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Italy NERFINISHED
Lazio NERFINISHED
location Rome
materialUsed marble
namedAfter Capitoline Hill NERFINISHED
notableFor high-quality Roman copy of Greek original
influence on later depictions of Venus
refined modeling of the female body
originalWork lost Greek statue by Praxiteles
owner City of Rome NERFINISHED
partOf Capitoline Museums sculpture collection NERFINISHED
pose modest Venus pose
subjectHasRole goddess of beauty
goddess of love
subjectOf art historical studies
museum catalogues

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Capitoline Museums containsWork Capitoline Venus
Palazzo Nuovo hasCollection Capitoline Venus
Aphrodite of Knidos influenced Capitoline Venus