Italian Marble Statue of Crouching Venus 19th CenturyA fine and sublimely refined Italian 19th Century rendition of the Crouching Venus after the Antique. Sculpted from translucent perfectly white and luminous Carrara marble. The Crouching Venus is a Hellenistic statue of Venus at her bath. Also known as Aphrodite, the 'Crouching Venus' which this work is based on, dates from the Antonine period (2nd century AD) and is a Roman version of the Hellenistic original from 200 BC. Depicted in a nude crouching