Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Aphrodite of the Dresden-Capitoline Type

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: 
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