Torso of a statue of Aphrodite
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Torso of a statue of Aphrodite
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Published 2017-09-12T16:23:38+00:00
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Found in Athens. The goddess is depicted nude from the waist up. The lower part of her body will have been wrapped in a himation, the edge of which is preserved folded over her left arm. The lower part of the body and the arms were made of separate pieces of marble. Late Hellenistic copy of an original thought to have been an early work by Praxiteles, carved about 360 BC, and known as the Arles Aphrodite after the best-preserved copy.
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| Date published | 12/09/2017 |
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| Title | Torso of a statue of Aphrodite |
| Date | about 360 BC |
| Medium | Marble |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
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