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The reconstruction of the Venus of Milos as proposed by Ravaisson (1890 CE) of the Venus of Milos together with the Borghese Mars (left); an older presentation in the Louvre (1855-1875 CE) with a plinth identifying the statue as “Venus Victrix” (middle); the reconstruction as proposed by Furtwängler (1895 CE) recreated by Rådén (right).
Left Image from Revue Archéologique, Third Series, T. 16 (July - December 1890), p. 158. Center image by Charles Soulier (1840 - 1875 CE), courtesy of the Getty Museum's Open Content Program. Right image from Paul Carus' "The Venus of Milo: An Archaeological Study of the Goddess of Womanhood", 1916.
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