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Figurine of Capitoline Aphrodite
Greek or Roman
Late Hellenistic or Roman Imperial
1st century B.C. or 1st–2nd A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 31.3 x 8.6 cm (12 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.313
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 065; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 119 (additional published references).
DescriptionAphrodite stands on a circular, molded base and wears earrings consisting of gold spirals with pearl drops. There were double bracelets on her upper arms. Left leg broken just above the ankle (nothing missing; repaired without restoration). The arms have been reattached with wax.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; by 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: from Beyrout according to both Tysz. & Fröhner in conversations with E.P.W.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900