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Three marble sculptures of “Venus” (left to right): Venus of Arles (194 cm, ca. late 1st cent. BCE; Louvre inv. no. Ma 439), proper right arm and lower left arm are modern restorations; Venus of Milos (202 cm, 100-50 BCE; Louvre inv. no. Ma 399); Venus of Capua (210 cm, ca. 1st-3rd cent. CE; MAN, Naples, inv. no. 6017), both arms are modern restorations.
Image compilation by Branko Van Oppen using photos from Wikimedia Commons. Photo of Venus of Arles and Venus of Capua taken by Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2010 and 2011, respectively; photo of Venus de Milo taken by Livioandronico2013, 2016.
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Oppen, B. v. (2019, May 02). Three Venus Statues. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10513/three-venus-statues/
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Oppen, Branko van. "Three Venus Statues." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 02 May 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
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