this piece of art. The goddess was the patroness of the island of Cnidos and therefore her image was impressed upon the Cnidian coins as the great artist had depicted her. The best copies of the Cnidian
VENUS CROUCHING IN THE BATH.
In the Vatican.
Aphrodite are preserved in the Vatican and in the Glyptothek at Munich.
VENUS WITH THE UNGUENT JAR.
In the Vatican.
The Vatican is rich in Venus statues of a similar type which have been worked out in the spirit of Praxiteles, and we here reproduce photographs of what has been called the crouching Venus and also the Venus with the unguent jar.