Head of the Knidian Aphrodite Type
This head is best paralleled by copies of the Aphrodite of Knidos, which was carved in the 4th century BCE by Praxiteles. The turn of the neck and the gaze of the eyes are down and to the left, and the eyes retain extensive paint, including upper and lower eyelashes. Red paint...
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2382
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sculpture
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normalized
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Maurice Nahman, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York, 1927, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P4147]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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5
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.144_Rt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.144_Rt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.144_Rt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.144 |
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