D'après DOIDALSAS de BITHYNIE (milieu du IIIème siècle av.JC) Crouching Venus. Sculpture in marble. 53 x 17 x 22,5 cm. Two damaged fingers to restore and one missing. Some chips. Two copies of the ancient period are in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, in marble from Paros, found in via Palermo, originally with Eros and the swan; the other, from the baths of the Villa Hadriana, a copy from the time of Hadrian. This subject was a great success and has given rise to numerous versions over the years.