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Venus Pudica,
second century CE
Roman
2024-334
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Title
Venus Pudica
Dates
second century CE
Medium
Coarse-grained, white marble with blue-grey veins, possibly Proconnesian
Dimensions
121.9 × 61 × 45.7 cm (48 × 24 × 18 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2024-334
Place Made
Asia, Likely Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey)
Culture
Type
Materials
By 1898 with Louis de Clercq (1836-1901); 1901 passed by descent to his heirs, ultimately with his nephew, Count Henri de Boisgelin (1897-1967); By 1967 sold by the estate of the above to Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Galerie Segredakis, Paris, France; 1984 consigned by N. Koutoulakis or his son, Emmanuel (Manolis) Koutoulakis to Sotheby’s, London, UK, “Antiquities London,” December 10-11, lot 350; 1984 purchased at the above sale by a private collector; 2006 consigned by the son of the collector, to Christie’s, New York, US, “Classical Marbles from the Golden Age of Collecting,” June 16, lot 251 (unsold and returned to consignor); 2013 consigned by the above to Christie’s Antiquities sale, June 6, lot 637 (unsold and returned to consignor); 2015 acquired directly from private collector by Ariadne Gallery (New York, US); 2024 acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum directly from Ariadne Gallery.
