Aphrodite

late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Hellenistic) H: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm) Citation Source image

Venus (known to the Greeks as Aphrodite) may have originally been holding up a necklace. This type of ancient statuette with restrained body language inspired Renaissance pieces such as a northern Italian "Venus" of about 1500 (Walters 54.244).

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24314
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object
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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7
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.952

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