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title: Three Venus Statues
author: Branko van Oppen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10513/three-venus-statues/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Three Venus Statues

_Authored by Branko van Oppen_

## Image File

[![Three Venus Statues](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10513.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10513.jpg)

## Image Caption

Three marble sculptures of “Venus” (left to right): [Venus](https://www.worldhistory.org/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.

## Cite This Work

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Oppen, B. v. (2019, May 02). Three Venus Statues. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10513/three-venus-statues/>
### Chicago
Oppen, Branko van. "Three Venus Statues." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 02, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10513/three-venus-statues/>.
### MLA
Oppen, Branko van. "Three Venus Statues." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 May 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10513/three-venus-statues/>.

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