Statue of the Esquiline Venus
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Early imperial period
Material and technique:
Marble
Origin:
From Rome, Esquiline - Horti Lamiani (1874)
Inventory:
inv. MC1141
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Situated in the upper part of the Esquilino, in the area around what is today Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, the Horti Lamiani were founded by the consul Aelius Lamia, a friend of Tiberius, and very soon (already with Caligula) became part of Imperial property.
