Caption

Sculpture of the Capitoline Venus in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, photograph, page, Capitoline Museums, c. 1872 - in or before 1882, photographer, Rome, paper, albumen print, height 128 mm x width 101 mm, Photo on frontispiece., sculpture, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), A monochrome photograph of a marble statue of a nude female figure standing on a tiered round pedestal, with one arm bent across her chest and the other hand placed near her lower abdomen, her head turned slightly to one side with hair styled and tied at the back, a draped cloth hanging beside her and pooling at the pedestal, all set against a dark plain background with the photograph showing a light border and some surface marks and spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_374

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Rights managed

Available size

51.3Mb (10.2Mb) / 12.5in x 16.0in / 3739 x 4797 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sculpture Capitoline Venus Capitoline Museums Rome photograph page c 1872 - 1882 photographer paper albumen print height 128 mm x width 101 mm Photo frontispiece sculpture story of Venus Aphrodite monochrome photograph marble statue nude female figure standing tiered round pedestal arm bent across chest hand placed near lower abdomen head turned slightly side hair styled tied back draped cloth hanging beside pooling pedestal set dark plain background photograph showing light border surface marks spots