Capitoline Venus [SEP] material used
from which the following copies derive) is thought to be a lost 3rd- or 2nd-century BCE variation on Praxiteles' work from Asia Minor, which modifies the Praxitelean tradition by a carnal and voluptuous treatment of the subject and the goddess's modest gesture with "both" hands—rather than only one over the groin, in Praxiteles's original.
Principal example.
The Capitoline Venus is a slightly over lifesize marble statue of Venus. It is influenced by the tradition of Praxiteles.
It was found on the
Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)
The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: "Aedes Veneris Erycinae") was a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome dedicated to Venus Erycina. This was an aspect of the goddess Venus. Later this temple was probably called the Temple of the Capitoline Venus ("Aedes Veneris Capitolinae"). There was another temple with the same name in Rome, the Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill). 
History.
The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Capitoline