Gallo-Roman sculpture, Musee de l'Arles Antique, Arles

Bust of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, Gallo-Roman, depicting Venus Genitrix, protector and founded of the Gens Julia dynasty, Gallo-Roman, late 1st century BC - early 1st century AD, from the Roman Theatre in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The head would originally have been encased in a sculpted body with drapery, and was copied from an original sculpture by the Greek Praxiteles. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13564530

Media ID

45388048

Size

7087px x 4725px (5.7MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009