Paul Vibraye
| Marquis de Paul Vibraye | |||||||||
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| Born | 1809 | ||||||||
| Died | 1878 | ||||||||
| Residence | Abbeville and Paris | ||||||||
| Occupation | aristocracy | ||||||||
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Paul, Marquis de Vibraye, 1809-1878
| Paul HURAULT de VIBRAYE 1809-1878
In 1864, the Marquis Paul de Vibraye wittily described a paleolithic ivory statuette of a female figure (shown right, c. 14,000 BC, from Laugerie-Basse, Vezerey in Dordogne) as a Venus impudique" ("immodest Venus"). Paul de Vibraye chose the title "Venus impudique" to suggest that the prehistoric statuette makes no attempt to hide her sexuality, in contrast to the popular convention of the "Venus pudica" (modest Venus), which shows the goddess of love attempting to conceal her breasts and pubic area.