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The Birth of Venus, A348
  • Production Date

    No later than 1809 - July 19, 1811
  • Type of Work / Object

    Sculpture > Relief

Explanation

  • According to the Greek poet Hesiod, the goddess of beauty and love was born from the sea. Here Thorvaldsen imagines her fully grown stepping from a shell and with a dolphin on either side of her.