S10.6 APHRODITE "TYPE VENUS CAPITOLINE"

Museum Collection: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Catalogue Number: TBA
Title: "Of Type Capitoline Venus"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 1.80 metres
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue
Style: Classical
Date: C2nd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Aphrodite covering herself with her hands, accompanied by her winged son Eros riding a dolphin.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Eros