Statuette
MS3474
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3474 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
Period | Late Republican Roman Period |
Date Made | 125 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Female Torso |
Description | Statuette of female: Aphrodite. White marble, in part patinated. Preserved: torso base of neck to lower belly, nude and left arm. Drapery covers left shoulder, left arm to wrist, carrying across lower belly and back up the right side. Frontal pose, left arm at side, left hand resting on roll of drapery. Head and right arm attach seperately. Back rough finished. Roughly chiselled area behind left arm suggests the figure was not finished. |
Height | 28 cm |
Width | 24 cm |
Depth | 14.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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