Venus de la concha (Venus with a shell). Roman artwork sculpted in marble around 130-140 AD. Based on a Venus pudica prototype from 170-150 BC. It was restored in the Renaissance (1533) by someone named B. Rovira (inscription), who sculpted a shell and the inscription "Praxiteles work". It is at the Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain), from the Spanish Royal Collection.

Date 09–July–2006

Author Luis García from Madrid, Spain.

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