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Venus

Roman (Artist)
After Greek (Artist)
Original: 4th century BCE; Copy: 1st century BCE-3rd century CE (Hellenistic)
cast bronze
(Ancient Greece , Roman Empire )

This statuette of the Knidian Aphrodite type bears an inscription on the inside of the left foot indicating it was made by Demetrius.

Inscription

[Transcription] DHMHTPIOY
[Translation] of Demetrius

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Durighello collection, Paris, by 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Chios]; Madame Xav. Durighello Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 June 1924, no. 26, p. 15, pl. 8; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1924, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1964 Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me. The Jewish Museum, New York.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
6/7/1957 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

Greece, Chios (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.698

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