Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Head of Aphrodite
Image View:
Detail from left side showing hair style
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 152
Location Note:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS:
41.896111 12.477222
Date:
Greek original; ca. 330-220 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Insular marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Description:
Roman copy of a Greek early Hellenistic (ca. 330 BCE to around 220 BCE) original; purchased in Rome. (Source: Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica [website]; http://www.museobarr acco.it/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-MB-HOA-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Head of Aphrodite