Venus

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This is the shot that yesterdays reminded me of. Taken in the Louve, obviously it's the Venus di Milo.

It was sculpted by an unknown artist, and was found in it's present form, without arms, on the small Greek island of Melos, in the Agean Sea. It is believed that when the statue was intact, Venus held a bronze shield in one hand, and a mirror in the other in which she could admire her own beauty. Now commonly known as Venus di Milo, the sculpture is also known as "Venus of Melos" or "Aphrodite of Melos".