Vénus dans un édicule

Besançon [25] Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie

© Besançon, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie

Nude Venus represented in a small aedicule almost complete, the pediment of the upper part of the aedicule is perhaps missing. The reverse is not worked. The aedicula is composed of a niche with a radiated conch resting on two fluted pilasters set back from two larger ones decorated with S's and dots. These are surmounted by capitals made of superimposed rows of palmettes that support the frieze of the pediment. Naked Venus, standing, holding a lock of hair in her right hand and in her left hand, under her breast, an apple. Traces of yellow ochre, manganese and red ochre on the surface.

Where to find it

Besançon [25] Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie

1, place de la révolution

25000 Besançon

Commune of discovery

Besançon

Locality

Lycée Condé

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1995 – 1996

Chief Scientist

GOY, Corinne

Inventory number

A.2005.2.2

Scope

Religion ➔ Religious object

Materials

Terracotta

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Dimensions

H. 15 cm, l. 13.5 cm,

Bibliographie

Musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie (Besançon), et Claire Stoulig, éd. De Vesontio à Besançon [exposition organisée par le] Musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie. Neuchatel: Chaman Edition, 2006.