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Callipygian Venus
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- 1Harvard highlights 19th-century plaster Callipygian Venus●Callipygian Venus, after antiquity Pichler family (1697 - 1829), Italian Plaster 19th century https://www. harvardartmus
A 19th-century Italian plaster cast of the Callipygian Venus, made by the Pichler family workshop (active 1697-1829), is featured in the Harvard Art Museums collection, which shares objects from its holdings online. The sculpture copies an ancient statue famous for its depiction of a woman admiring herself over her shoulder, a subject that has drawn attention since antiquity.