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Source Description
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).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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24314
label
Aphrodite
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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7
Source metadata
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24314
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Aphrodite
description
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).
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
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7
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7
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Hellenistic
med
bronze, cast
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6256
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GRC
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3137
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