Marble statue of Aphrodite crouching and arranging her hair

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1st or 2nd century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Copy of a Greek statue of the late 2nd century B.C. In this small-scale statue, a complex crouching pose has been compressed into a two-dimensional composition. It is a decorative work based on a famous large, fully three-dimensional statue of Aphrodite shown crouching at her bath that was created in the third century b.c. In the late Hellenistic period, figures such as this were designed to be seen from only one or two vantage points. They fit perfectly between columns in peristyle court or garden settings.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971