Roman Statues of Venus and a Matron
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Roman Statues of Venus and a Matron

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The Trevi Fountain in Rome features two notable statues. On the left, a Roman copy of a Greek Aphrodite, known as Venus Pudica, inspired by Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos (2nd century CE), reflects beauty and love. On the right, a Roman matronal figure, possibly a priestess or allegorical Pudicitia, symbolizes virtue and civic duty, dating from the Flavian to Antonine period (late 1st–2nd century CE).