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Copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009
Replica of the Aphrodite of Cnidus


Creators, copy after Praxiteles (Greek, active ca. 375-340 BC) (Artist) , Roman (Artist)

Period: ca. 350 BC (Classical)

Medium: marble (Sculpture)

Accession Number: 23.217

Measurements: 20 11/16 x 9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (52.5 x 23.2 x 18.8 cm)

Late Hellenistic copies of the Aphrodite of Cnidus exhibit an increasing mastery of the nude female form and focus on female sensuality and sexuality. On her left thigh are the remains of the fingers of her right hand, which was drawn across her body in a gesture of modesty.

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