VENUS TORSO IN MARBLE Roman art, circa 2nd century AD A marble statue from Thasos depicting the goddess standing naked, in a slight contrapposto, resting on her left leg. The left arm, whose hand is now missing, once covered her nakedness. A lock of hair remains on the left shoulder. Head, right arm, left hand and legs incomplete. Traces of burns. Height: 82 cm Provenance: Stuttgarter Kunstauktionshaus, Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 20 October 1992: n°901 Collection of Dr. F.U., Munich Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung GmbH, Munich, 12 July 2022: no. 67 (ill.) Private Monegasque Collection A Roman marble torso of Venus, Circa 2nd century A.D.