S10.15 APHRODITE "CALLIPYGIAN VENUS "

Museum Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Catalogue Number: TBA
Title: "Callipygian Venus"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: --
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue ca 225 BC
Style: Hellenistic
Date: --
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Aphrodite Kallipygos (of the beautiful buttock) lifting her robe and gazing down at her buttocks.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite

 
 
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