Venus, the goddess of love and fertility, venerated by the Romans her cult was assimilated to that of Aphrodite among the Greeks. Patroness of the city of Pompei under the name of Venus Fisica Pompeiana, several painted or sculpted representations of the goddess were found in the ancient city. This sculpture depicting the birth of Venus coming out of the water. One of the myths is that she have originated from the emasculation of Ouranos by Cronos …
And yes, she would have seen birth of a drop of blood, fell to the sea from the genitals coming from the emasculating … We can not speak here of the pleasure of conception for poor Ouranos, but … it is only a version of the story.
This sculpture belongs to the MANN of Naples and is part of the exhibition at MBAM (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) until September 2016.
