Leaning Aphrodite Louvre Ma420

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Unknown

Aphrodite leaning against a pillar. Marble, Roman copy of the 1st–2nd centuries AD after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC. Previously restored as a Thalia.
Dimensions H. 1.23 m (4 ft. ¼ in.)

Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807

Accession number Ma 420 (MR 181)

Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 9

Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)

See also

Aphrodite/Venus Gallery

Mythology Images

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