1925 near Savignano sul Panaro, by Olindo Zambelli
Present location
Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Rome, Italy
The Venus of Savignano is a Venus figurine made from soft greenstone (serpentine) dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, which was discovered in 1925 near Savignano sul Panaro in the Province of Modena, Italy.[1]
With 22.5 cm (8.9 in) in height, 4.8 cm (1.9 in) in width and 5.2 cm (2.0 in) in depth, and with a weight of 586.5 g (20.69 oz), it is one of the largest known Venuses[1][2] among the about 190 dated to the Upper Paleolithic in Europe and Siberia. With a proposed dating of 25,000–20,000 years ago, it is considered one of the earliest expressions of art in Italy.[3][2]
^ abMargherita Mussi, Earliest Italy. An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and Mesolithic, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2001, ISBN 0-306-46463-2 p. 262.
^ ab"Venus of Savignano (24,000 BCE)". Visual Arts Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^La Dea di Savignano sul Panaro, Museo della Venere e dell'Elefante, Savignano 2014 (brochure)
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