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Aphrodite (Venus), detail of head and torso: left profile view

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Aphrodite (Venus): left profile view

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Aphrodite (Venus), detail of head and torso: view from right

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Aphrodite (Venus): view from back right

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Aphrodite (Venus): view from right

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Aphrodite (Venus), detail of head and torso: back view

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Title: Aphrodite (Venus)
Findspot: Said to be found at Beirut
Summary: Nude Aphrodite
Material: Bronze
Sculpture Type: Free-standing statue
Style: Late Classical/Hellenistic
Original: Related to the Capitoline Aphrodite
Date: ca. 200 BC - ca. 1 BC
Dimensions: H 0.259 (without plinth)
Scale: Miniature
Region: Eastern Mediterranean
Period: Graeco-Roman

Subject Description: A standing nude Aphrodite covers herself with her arms. She wears earrings of gold spirals with pearl drops. She stands on circular, moulded bronze plinth.

Condition: Complete

Material Description: Bronze with gold and pearl earrings

Sources Used: Comstock & Vermeule 1971, 64 no. 65