Torso of the Aphrodite of Knidos Type

ca. 350 BCE (Classical)

23.2 cm 52.5 cm 18.8 cm

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Late Hellenistic copies of the Aphrodite of Knidos exhibit an increasing mastery of the nude female form and focus on female sensuality and sexuality. On her left thigh are the remains of the fingers of her right hand, which was drawn across her body in a gesture of modesty.

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Spink & Son, London; Walters Art Museum, November 1963, by purchase.
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