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In this version of the nude Aphrodite, the goddess draws her garment around her. Her pose and the demure gesture of her hand closely follow the famous statue of the Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles.

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Document identity
localId
4319
label
Half-Draped Aphrodite
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
4319
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Half-Draped Aphrodite
description
In this version of the nude Aphrodite, the goddess draws her garment around her. Her pose and the demure gesture of her hand closely follow the famous statue of the Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles.
provenance
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 40, no. 334; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE (Hellenistic)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
34
height
13.9
depth
8
dimensionsRaw
13 3/8 x 5 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (34 x 13.9 x 8 cm);mount: 4 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (10.5 x 12.3 x 12.2 cm)
style
Hellenistic
Source extras
med
marble with traces of red paint
creator_ids
6191
5992
collection_ids
ROM
GRC
exhibition_ids
2237
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