Marble statue of Aphrodite

Unknown

2nd century BCE · marble · Greek and Roman Art

The goddess of love stands in an exaggerated hipshot pose. She wears a thin chiton girded just below the breasts, and her himation (cloak), which must have been draped over the missing left arm, falls in thick folds between her legs. This figure is one of the many variants created in the Hellenistic period of a statue type known as the Tiepolo Aphrodite. A major over-life-sized version and numerous statuettes have been found in Athens; many examples also come from the island of Rhodes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd century BCE

Medium

marble

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Frederick M. Stafford, on the occasion of the reinstallation of the Greek and Roman galleries, 2006