Torso of Venus and a Landscape and ink. Van Gogh produced other earlier paintings of Torso of Venus during his stay in Paris, such as the "Torso of Venus" in 1886, which was exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It also featured a realism aspect, and was drawn with similar media. It is possible that "Torso of Venus and a Landscape" was a rough draft. Torso of Venus and a Landscape Torso of Venus and a Landscape is a sketch by Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. It now resides in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This drawing was created while van Gogh was
Venus Genetrix (sculpture) Venus Genetrix (sculpture) The sculptural type of Venus Genetrix shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of "Genetrix" (mother), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, who followed the precedent of Julius Caesar in claiming her as their ancestor. Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks. On the night before the decisive battle of Pharsalus (48 BC), Julius Caesar vowed to dedicate a temple at Rome to Venus, supposed ancestor of his "gens". In fulfilment of his vow he erected a temple of