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Silver Statuette of Venus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009

Silver Statuette of Venus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009
Silver Statuette of Venus
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD

Accession # 1995.539.14

The Roman goddess Venus was early assimilated to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. Her cult remained very popular throughout the Roman period, and many votive bronze statuettes have survived. Examples in silver, however, are rare, and this is an unusually large one, modeled on Hellenistic prototypes. Venus holds an apple in her left hand, a reference to her victory in the legendary beauty contest with Juno (Hera) and Minerva (Athena) that was judged by Paris, son of King Priam of Troy.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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