This piece is the Venus Genetrix from 100-44 B.C.
According to the Getty placard, Venus was the focal point of a temple in Rome to Venus Genetrix (Venus the Mother). It was believed that Venus was an ancestor of Ceasar's family through Areneas, the ledendary founder of Rome. Ceasar did have a great marketing department!
If I could only get my boss to believe I had godly lineage, it would make my job a LOT easier.
And, I do have to say that is a pretty hot dress she's wearing.
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