Aphrodite Torso
2nd-1st Century BC
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Aphrodite Torso, 2nd-1st Century BC. Greece, Tarentum (Taranto, Italy), Hellenistic Period. Thasian marble; overall: 66.3 x 36.2 cm (26 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1988.9 This torso is based on the Aphrodite of Knidos, a Greek original by the master sculptor Praxiteles.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Thasian marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 66.3 x 36.2 cm (26 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1988.9
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1988, <em>Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst</em>, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (18 June - 13 September 1960).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 102C Greek
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