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Marble Statuette of Aphrodite in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011

Marble Statuette of Aphrodite in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
Marble statuette of Aphrodite

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 3rd–2nd century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Gift of Francis Neilson, 1942

Accession Number: 42.201.9

Description:

Aphrodite is shown wrapping around herself a strophion, a wide band of cloth that served as support for the breasts.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

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