Mazarin Venus

Mazarin Venus
Year2nd century AD
Catalogue54.AA.11
MediumMarble
LocationGetty Villa

The Mazarin Venus is a Roman marble sculpture dating to the 2nd century AD. It was discovered in Rome, Italy about 1510 and is currently on view at the Getty Villa. Its name comes from the belief that the sculpture was owned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, but this is now considered unlikely.[1]

  1. ^ "Statue of Venus (the Mazarin Venus)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2024-07-06.