Italian sculptor (active in the 19th century) Crouching Aphrodite White Carrara marble. Finely executed depiction after the Hellenistic original by the Greek sculptor Doidalses (around 250 BC) or rather after the famous Roman replica - the so-called "Lely Venus" (from the Antonine period, 2nd century AD), which became known at the beginning of the 17th century and is now on permanent loan to the Royal Collection in the British Museum in London. Three fingers glued. H. 62 cm. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II. Italian sculptor active 19th century. White Carrara marble sculpture of a crouching Venus, probably after the "Lely Venus". Three fingers glued.