Description
In this version of the nude Aphrodite, the goddess draws her garment around her. Her pose and the demure gesture of her hand closely follow the famous statue of the Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
12/31/1969
Examination
examined for condition
Exhibitions
From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
Provenance
Giovanni Dattri, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 40, no. 334; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
