Crouching Aphrodite Louvre Ma53

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Unknown

Crouching Aphrodite. Marble, Roman variant of the Imperial Era after a Hellenistic type: the goddess is raising her left hand towards her neck whereas the protype used to cross her arms on her breast.
Dimensions H. 71 cm (27 ¾ in.)

Credit line Collections of Louis XIV of France; seized during the French Revolution

Accession number Ma 53 (MR 371)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17

Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)

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