The Venus de' Medici, now in the Uffizi in Florence, was one of the most copied of Antique sculptures. Five copies were made for Louis XIV, both in marble and bronze, by Carlier, Clerion, Coysevox, Frémery and the Keller brothers. The present bronze, of a large size, differs from the original in its omission of the two putti seated on the dolphin. The high copper content, finish and patina of this bronze suggest a Versailles origin, and it may therefore be that the present Venus was taken after the marble copy by Clerion for Versailles, which also excluded the putti.