Venus de Milo Torso statue sculpture

Item No. 226 Weight: 15 lbs (6.8 kg). Dimensions: W: 9"" H: 16.5"" D: 7"" (23cm x 42cm x 18cm). Made of cast stone and hand-finished in antique finish. Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium. Venus became a popular subject of painting and sculpture during the Renaissance period in Europe. As a ""classical"" figure for whom nudity was her natural state, it was socially acceptable to depict her unclothed. As the goddess of love, a degree of erotic beauty in her presentation was justified, which had an obvious appeal to many artist and their patrons.