Venus Felix, Pio Clementino

Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City

Artist/Maker Derived from Praxiteles

Aphrodite (Venus) and Eros

So-called “Venus Felix”, type of the Knidian Venus, with a head resembling Faustina the Younger (ca. 170 AD). Dedicated by Sallustia and Helpidus to Venus Felix.

Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line Unspecified

Accession number Unspecified

Museo Pio-Clementino, Octagon, Hermes Hall

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

Aphrodite / Venus Gallery

Mythology Images

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