no. ii.
Venus of the Capitol.

VENUS, the queen of love and
the goddess of beauty, is here re-
presented as just from the bath;
her divinely graceful form is unem-
barrassed by drapery, her hair col-
lected behind displays the beauties
of her polished neck, and her head
gently inclines to the left, as smil-
ing affably upon the graces who are
about to attire her. At her feet
stand a vase of perfumes covered
partially with a frieged drapery.
The value of this Statue is height-
ened by its perfect preservation....
it was found in Rome, about the
middle of the last century, between
the Quirinal and Viminal Mounts,
and was placed in the capitol, of
Benedict XIV.