Italian school of the Grand Tour, late 19th century-early 20th century.

Italian School of the Grand Tour, late nineteenth century-early twentieth century.
"Venus de Milo".
Terracotta.
With inscription "Chiurazzi, Napoli".
Measurements: 36 x 12 x 12 cm.

Terracotta reproduction of the Aphrodite of Milo. The Venus de Milo is one of the most representative statues of the Greek Hellenistic period, and one of the most famous sculptures of ancient Greece. It was created between 130 and 100 BC, and represents Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. The original statue was found in Milo, in the Cyclades, by a peasant, and sold to France between 1819 and 1829. It is now kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. In it, the classical contrapposto imprints a slight movement to the body, in studied harmonization with the slight twist of the torso and the flexion of a leg, adopting as a whole the serpentine form that scholars call "Praxitelian curve", thus being one of the most outstanding exponents of Greek sculpture in its assumptions of serene beauty.