Venus of Laussel

Venus of Laussel
Tablet on display in the British Museum
Material	Limestone
Size	Height: 46 cm
Created	25,000 years
Discovered	1911 Marquay, Dordogne, France
Discovered by	Jean-Gaston Lalanne
Present location	Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

The Venus of Laussel is an 18.11-inch-high (46.0-centimetre) limestone bas-relief of a nude woman. It is painted with red ochre and was carved into the limestone of a rock shelter (Abri de Laussel) in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne department of south-western France. The carving is associated with the Gravettian Upper Paleolithic culture (approximately 25,000 years old). It is currently displayed in the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France.