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Aphrodite Anadyomene (Apelles)
the Coan Venus
also: the Coan Venus, Coa Venus, Coa Venere, Venus of Cos
The celebrated painting of Venus rising from the sea by Apelles, kept on the island of Cos. Cicero recalls that Apelles left it unfinished and no painter dared complete it, an image for Panaetius's unfinished treatise.
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- On Duties §3.10 Coan Venus
The famous painting of Venus rising from the sea by Apelles, kept on the island of Cos. Apelles died leaving it unfinished, and no one dared complete it - Cicero's image for Panaetius's unfinished treatise.