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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Aphrodite of the Dresden-Capitoline Type
Alternate Title:
Farnese Venus
Image View:
Detail, original torso and hand with line below showing where the modern legs (and base) were replaced
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 6283
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19; Farnese Collection
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
Roman copy ca. 2nd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity); Restoration and conservation; Venus (Roman deity)
Description:
Statue of Aphrodite of the Dresden-Capitoline type; only the torso is antique. Roman copy of the Imperial era after a Hellenistic original. From the Farnese Collection. Variants of the Venus Pudica (suggesting an action to cover the breasts) are the Venus de' Medici and the Capitoline Venus; this is of the Capitoline type. The Capitoline Venus is a slightly over lifesize marble statue of Venus. It is an Antonine copy of a late Hellenistic sculpture that ultimately derives from Praxiteles. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-ADC-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Aphrodite of the Dresden-Capitoline Type