VENUS DE BASSEMPOUY (Lady from Bassempouy)

VENUS DE BASSEMPOUY  (Lady from Bassempouy)

 

Work inspired by the fragmentary ivory figurine of 3.6cm, dated from the Upper Palaeolithic period. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892. It is approximately 25,000 years-old and is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face.

Size : 2.00 x 1.00 mts

Date : 2012