Medici Venus.
Marble statue of naked Venus (Uffizi, Florence), first recorded for certain in 1638 in the Villa Medici in Rome. The base is inscribed in Greek ‘Cleomenes son of Apollodorus’ (about whom nothing is known), but in the 18th century its reputation as a model of female beauty was so great that the signature’s authenticity was doubted and the statue was attributed to such illustrious names as ... ...
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