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Aphrodite or a Nymph
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Marble, crystalline, probably from the Greek islands
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Misses Sara and Elizabeth Gaskell Norton
Accession Number12.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 176.
DescriptionWhat remains is in good condition, the damage to the base and the loss of head and most of the neck not affecting the surfaces.
The goddess or spirit holds the end of her tresses in the right hand and the corner of her drapery in the lowered left. The drapery falls in zigzags to an amphora on a rock (?) beside her left foot. Pink paint is to be seen extensively on the drapery and also on the buttocks and in the groin.
The goddess or spirit holds the end of her tresses in the right hand and the corner of her drapery in the lowered left. The drapery falls in zigzags to an amphora on a rock (?) beside her left foot. Pink paint is to be seen extensively on the drapery and also on the buttocks and in the groin.
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to L. P. diCesnola. A penciled note on the broken-off bottom reads "Cyprus 1870."