Hand patinated reproduction. Mold made from a print of the original work exhibited at the Musée d'archéologie nationale of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. This female statuette or "Venus" has been discovered at the end of the 19th century in the caves of Balzi Rossi at Grimaldi in Italy, close to the Franco-Italian border. It is allotted to the upper Palaeolithic period (around - 25.000 years). This figurine carved in green steatite was called "the Rhombus" because of its silhouette, with a generous body but a reduced head and members. It is in fact a pregnant woman, with the
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