The Real Fábrica de Louça do Rato was founded in 1767 by the Marquis of Pombal. A symbol of the King's ministerial industrial policy, this factory produced countless ceramic pieces, and this statue is one of the many examples that have survived the test of time. This faience statue from the late 18th century marks the beginning of the factory's neoclassical period, where neo-pagan themes were once again represented, for example the ancient Greco-Roman gods, as in this case Venus, who has always been the stereotype of female beauty, goddess of love and fertility, is commonly represented naked with a protruding belly, as can be seen in this work.