Statuette of the Leaning Aphrodite
Statuette of the Leaning Aphrodite
3D
Published 2018-02-16T12:45:07+00:00
Tarquinia (Italy), acquired in 1857
Marble, 420-400 BC
The very feminine figure of Aphrodite stands next to a pronouncedly archaizing idol in the shape of a woman against which she leans with her elbow. Sculptures, vase paintings and literary sources provide evidence that depictions of the love goddess in a casually leaning posture were highly popular in Athenian Classical art.
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| Date published | 16/02/2018 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Medium |
| Title | Statuette of the Leaning Aphrodite |
| Date | 420-400 BC |
| Accession | Sk 586 |
| Period | Athenian Classical art |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Altes Museum |
| Record | http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/altes-museum/home.html |
| Place | Altes Museum |
