Venus of Capua, Museo di Napoli Venere, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., number: '7507', workshop stamp: 'Giorgio Sommer, Largo Vittoria, Napoli', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Naples, 1874 - in or before 1879, paper, albumen print, height 250 mm x width 203 mm, sculpture, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), A pale marble statue of a draped female figure is shown against a dark background, the figure standing on a stepped pedestal with one foot forward and a cloth wrapped around the lower body displaying deep folds and flowing drapery; the torso and arms are bare, one arm extended upward with the hand slightly cupped and the other arm angled downward with the fingers relaxed, the head turned in profile with hair pulled back into a low bun and a band around the head, and the surface of the sculpture shows subtle shadows and smooth contours.
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Venus of Capua, Museo di Napoli Venere, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., number: '7507', workshop stamp: 'Giorgio Sommer, Largo Vittoria, Napoli', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Naples, 1874 - in or before 1879, paper, albumen print, height 250 mm x width 203 mm, sculpture, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), A pale marble statue of a draped female figure is shown against a dark background, the figure standing on a stepped pedestal with one foot forward and a cloth wrapped around the lower body displaying deep folds and flowing drapery; the torso and arms are bare, one arm extended upward with the hand slightly cupped and the other arm angled downward with the fingers relaxed, the head turned in profile with hair pulled back into a low bun and a band around the head, and the surface of the sculpture shows subtle shadows and smooth contours.

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Venus Capua Museo di Napoli Venere album page photograph photo part album number 7507 workshop stamp Giorgio Sommer Largo Vittoria Napoli photographer Naples 1874 - 1879 paper albumen print height 250 mm x width 203 mm sculpture story of Aphrodite pale marble statue draped female figure shown dark background figure standing stepped pedestal foot forward cloth wrapped lower body displaying deep folds flowing drapery torso arms bare arm extended upward hand slightly cupped angled downward fingers relaxed head turned profile hair pulled back low bun band head surface subtle shadows smooth contours

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