Exhibition Highlights
Statuette of Aphrodite untying a sandal (Sandalbinder)
Greek, East Greek, Late Hellenistic Period, 1st century B.C. Terracotta. Catharine Page Perkins Fund.
Statuette of Eros wearing the lionskin of Herakles
Greek, East Greek, Hellenistic Period, 1st century B.C. Terracotta. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of Aphrodite
Greek, Late Classical Period, mid-4th century B.C. Ceramic, Figural. Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse.
Head of Aphrodite ("The Bartlett Head")
Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 330–300 B.C. Parian marble. Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with the departure and recovery of Helen
Painter: Makron; Potter: Hieron. Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490–480 B.C. Ceramic, Red Figure. Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912.
Statuette of Aphrodite emerging from the sea
Greek or Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, 1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D. Marble probably from the Greek island of Paros. Frank B. Bemis Fund.
Sleeping Hermaphrodite
Roman, Imperial Period, 1st century B.C. Marble. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma. Su concessione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitá Culturali - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Roma.
Votive Relief with Aphrodite and devotees
Greek, Late Classical period, 4th century B.C. Marble. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. © www.pedicinimages.com
The Judgment of Paris
Roman, Imperial Period, 45–79 A.D. Fresco. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. © www.pedicinimages.com
The Three Graces
Roman, Imperial Period, 54–68. Fresco. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. © www.pedicinimages.com
