A classical statue of a nude female figure standing upright, holding her left hand over her chest. The statue is positioned centrally against a dark background, with a draped cloth partially covering the lower part of the body. The base of the statue features inscriptions.

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Vénus. Capitole

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British Photographer · 1813–1877

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James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog

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Date: 1859
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: 467ce4cf-5ad7-4266-8c24-58fefbc154ee

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Photograph of a statue known as the "Capitoline Venus." The statue depicts Venus as a nude female figure standing with her right hand partially covering her breasts and her left hand covering her pubic area. Part of her hair is tied to form a bow.

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Capitoline Museums, Rome — ItalyMatched from the record’s own words: “Vénus. Capitole”

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