Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century

Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century.
"Female torso".
Carved and painted wood.
Signed with anagram on the right side of the base.
Presents wear and faults in the patina.
Measurements: 40 x 13 x 12 cm (torso); 17 x 11 x 9 cm (pedestal).

This modernized version of the Venus Pudititia just out of the bath has its roots in the one made by the Greek artist Praxiteles. After Praxiteles created and installed in Cnidus the first plastic representation of a large female nude, other sculptors also made this theme their own. The complete nudity of the torso is due to the lack of arms that covered some parts of the body. This absence of upper extremities gives the sculpture a different aspect to the one it would have in origin. As a reference of such important iconography there is a statue preserved in its entirety in the Medici villa in Rome, which shows that the goddess covered her pubis with her left hand, while her right arm was raised to partially cover her breasts. The head, turned sharply to her left shoulder, was relatively small and the neck long, her hair was tied back on top of her head and a bun on the nape of her neck.