page_title: Venus Genetrix (sculpture)
hierarchical_section_title: Venus Genetrix (sculpture)
caption_attribution_description: English: Aphrodite of the Venus Genetrix type. Pentelic marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BC. From the Esquiline Hill, Rome. Français&#160;: Aphrodite du type de Vénus Génitrix. Marbre du Pentélique, copie romaine d'un original grec du Ve siècle av. J.-C. Provenance&#160;: Esquilin, Rome. Italiano: Afrodite del tipo Venere Genitrice. Marmo pentelico, copia romana da un originale greco del V sec. a.C. Dall'Esquilino, Roma.
context_page_description: The Venus Genetrix is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix, as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome which claimed her as their ancestor. Contemporary references identify the sculptor as a Greek named Arcesilaus. The statue was set up in Julius Caesar's new forum, probably as the cult statue in the cella of his temple of Venus Genetrix. Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks.
context_section_description: The Venus Genetrix is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix ("foundress of the family"), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome which claimed her as their ancestor. Contemporary references identify the sculptor as a Greek named Arcesilaus. The statue was set up in Julius Caesar's new forum, probably as the cult statue in the cella of his temple of Venus Genetrix. Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks.
caption: Venus Genetrix (Capitoline Museums)
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