Part 4 L’antiquité tardive

Venus (?)

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Venus (?)
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Date de création
End of the 3rd century
Material
Saint-Béat marble (Haute-Garonne)
Dimensions
H. 45 x l. 32 x P. 31 (cm)
Inventory number
Ra 34 f

This female head could represent Venus (the Greek Aphrodite), goddess of charm, bewitchment and love. Rome’s particular fondness for her is intimately linked to her status as the mother of Aeneas, the mythical ancestor of the Roman people.

Here she is shown wearing a smooth diadem, like Diana, depicted on one of the medallions of the gods, a series of which she was once a part, as evidenced by the size of this head, and the mark at the back that shows that it has been wrenched off.

P. Capus

Bibliography

  • Du Mège 1835 A. Du Mège, Description du musée des Antiques de Toulouse, Toulouse
    .     no 157
  • Du Mège 1828 A. Du Mège, Notice des monumens antiques et des objets de sculpture moderne conservés dans le musée de Toulouse, Toulouse
    .     no 70
  • Espérandieu 1908 É. Espérandieu, Recueil général des bas-reliefs de la Gaule romaine, 2. Aquitaine, Paris
    .     p. 32, no 892, fig. 5
  • Joulin 1901 L. Joulin, Les établissements gallo-romains de la plaine de Martres-Tolosane, Paris
    .     fig. 52 B
  • Massendari 2006 J. Massendari, La Haute-Garonne : hormis le Comminges et Toulouse 31/1 (Carte archéologique de la Gaule), Paris
    .     p. 252-253, fig. 135
  • Rachou 1912 H. Rachou, Catalogue des collections de sculpture et d’épigraphie du musée de Toulouse, Toulouse
    .     no 34 f

To cite this notice

Capus P., "Venus (?)", in The sculptures of the roman villa of Chiragan, Toulouse, 2019, online <https://villachiragan.saintraymond.toulouse.fr/en/ark:/87276/a_ra_34_f>.