Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath,
also known as Lely’s Venus. Roman copy of a Greek original
This statue is sometimes known as 'Lely's Venus' named after the painter Sir Peter
Lely (1618-80). He acquired it from the collection of Charles I, following the King's
execution in 1649. After Lely's own death, it found its way back into the Royal Collection.
