Esquiline Venus
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The Esquiline Venus is an ancient Roman marble statue of a nude female figure, celebrated for its refined Hellenistic style and sensual depiction of the goddess Venus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Esquiline Venus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5896290 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esquiline Venus Context triple: [Capitoline Museums, containsWork, Esquiline Venus]
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A.
Venus Cloacina
Venus Cloacina is an aspect of the Roman goddess Venus associated with purification and the Cloaca Maxima, the great sewer of ancient Rome.
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B.
Venus Anadyomene
Venus Anadyomene is a classical artistic motif depicting the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) rising from the sea, often shown wringing water from her hair.
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C.
Venus Felix
Venus Felix is a benevolent aspect of the Roman goddess Venus, venerated for bringing good fortune, success, and favorable outcomes.
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D.
Lupa Capitolina
Lupa Capitolina is the Latin name for the iconic Capitoline Wolf, the ancient bronze sculpture depicting a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, symbolizing the legendary founding of Rome.
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E.
Temples of Venus
Temples of Venus are ancient Roman religious structures dedicated to the goddess Venus, often associated with love, beauty, fertility, and the prosperity of the Roman state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esquiline Venus Target entity description: The Esquiline Venus is an ancient Roman marble statue of a nude female figure, celebrated for its refined Hellenistic style and sensual depiction of the goddess Venus.
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A.
Venus Cloacina
Venus Cloacina is an aspect of the Roman goddess Venus associated with purification and the Cloaca Maxima, the great sewer of ancient Rome.
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B.
Venus Anadyomene
Venus Anadyomene is a classical artistic motif depicting the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) rising from the sea, often shown wringing water from her hair.
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C.
Venus Felix
Venus Felix is a benevolent aspect of the Roman goddess Venus, venerated for bringing good fortune, success, and favorable outcomes.
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D.
Lupa Capitolina
Lupa Capitolina is the Latin name for the iconic Capitoline Wolf, the ancient bronze sculpture depicting a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, symbolizing the legendary founding of Rome.
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E.
Temples of Venus
Temples of Venus are ancient Roman religious structures dedicated to the goddess Venus, often associated with love, beauty, fertility, and the prosperity of the Roman state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-style sculpture
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Venus statue ⓘ ancient Roman sculpture ⓘ marble statue ⓘ |
| artForm | freestanding sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Roman adaptation of Greek originals
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key work in the study of Roman representations of Venus ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod |
Early Imperial Roman period
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linked to:
Early Roman Empire
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| artisticTechnique | highly finished carving ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Esquiline Hill archaeological finds ⓘ |
| cityOfDiscovery | Rome ⓘ |
| collection | Capitoline Museums ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved with some restorations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| culture | ancient Roman art ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Palazzo dei Conservatori ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1874 ⓘ |
| depictionForm | standing nude figure ⓘ |
| depictionType | full-length figure ⓘ |
| depicts |
Aphrodite
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Venus ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | 19th-century excavations in Rome ⓘ |
| genre | nude sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drapery element
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supporting pillar or herm-like support ⓘ |
| hasStyle | classicizing Hellenistic style ⓘ |
| iconography | goddess of love and beauty ⓘ |
| imageSubject | mythological figure ⓘ |
| inception | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Rome ⓘ |
| locationFound |
Esquiline Hill
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linked to:
Esquilino Hill
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| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic art ⓘ |
| museumInventory |
Capitoline Museums collection of classical sculpture
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linked to:
Capitoline Museums
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| notableFor |
high degree of polish and finish
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refined Hellenistic style ⓘ sensual depiction of Venus ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery |
Esquiline Hill
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linked to:
Esquilino Hill
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| sexOrGenderOfFigure | female ⓘ |
| subjectHasMythology |
Greek mythology
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Roman mythology ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism in classical art
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idealized female beauty ⓘ |
| threeDimensionalForm | statue ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
elegant contrapposto pose
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soft modeling of flesh ⓘ |
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Input
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