Torso of Aphrodite | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1992.256.200
Title: Torso of Aphrodite
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: statuette, sculpture
Date: 1st-3rd century CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rhodes, Rhodes
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288848

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Fine-grained white marble
Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 4.4 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
Accession Year: 1992
Object Number: 1992.256.200
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Upper part of a statuette with a diagonal break across the upper abdomen from the top of right buttock. The figure is missing the head, right arm and shoulder, and the lower left arm. There is a single grooved relief lock hanging down the left side of the back from where the head is broken off. There is a modern mounting hole drilled in bottom break. Brownish stains and accretions on break and upper part of abdomen.

Verification Level

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