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Venus (Main View)
Pietro Dovizielli
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Photograph of a statue of Venus or Aphrodite in a "Venus Pudica" or "Modest Venus" pose with an attached base. Her right arm covers her breasts, while her left hand covers her pubic area. A support can be seen by her left leg. It is placed on a pedestal at a slight angle from the back view, showing mostly her right side.
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Details
- Title: Venus (Main View)
- Creator: Pietro Dovizielli
- Date Created: 1859
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 30.9 × 14.1 cm (12 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.251.3.86
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Pietro Dovizielli (Italian, 1804 - 1885)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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