The statuette, in grey-green stone, is sculpted in the round and overall it is rather harmonious and proportionate with the exception of the hips and the upper part of the legs which are of accentuated dimensions. The figure has two small rounded breasts below which the bent forearms are represented, barely perceptible; the belly, not very prominent, has a central incision which outlines the linea alba and ends in the navel. The pubic triangle is rendered in a marked way through deep incisions, which then continue in outlining the line of separation of the legs: the thighs are quite voluminous while the calves are more tapered; the feet are absent. A novelty, in the back part of the statuette, consists of a disc-shaped element in relief on the back, which has a central depression in the longitudinal direction: it is difficult to say whether it could have a simple functional value or rather a symbolic one. From it starts a deeply incised line that outlines the central part of the back: the plastic rendering of the so-called "Venus dimples", represented with two small depressions in the lower part of the back, is unusual. The buttocks are small and rounded, outlined at the top by a triangular incision. The statuette has no head, instead of which there is a sort of rough appendage, where it is possible to suppose that the head could have been hooked.

Historical notes

The figurine was acquired in 1911 by the direction of the National Archaeological Museum of the Marches from a certain Tito Mengucci, a goldsmith originally from Fano (PU). Unfortunately, the place and circumstances of the discovery remain unspecified, a factor that has always made this find of dubious authenticity: however, in recent years this Venus has returned to be trusted, both for the very characteristics of the statuette and for the fact that Mengucci had already donated other archaeological material to the Museum, which had always proved to be authentic and of local origin.