S10.7 APHRODITE "OF TYPE VENUS GENETRIX"

Museum Collection: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Catalogue Number: TBA
Title: "Aphrodite of Type Genetrix"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 2.14 metres
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy inspired by Greek statue by Callimachus 420-410 BC
Style: Classical
Date: C1st AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Aphrodite raising a veil, and holding an apple in her left hand.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite

 
 
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