SculptureGreek1st century BCE-1st century CE

Torso of Aphrodite

1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Thasian marble

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

97.8 x 37 x 28 cm (38 1/2 x 14 9/16 x 11 in.) 520 lb.

Provenance

Barone Barracco collection, Rome, (by 1900).

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