Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Crouching Aphrodite with Dolphin
Image View:
Detail, head, in profile, head has the Hellenistic hair style
Creator:
after Doidalsas of Bithynia (Ancient Greek sculptor, active 200-100 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8564
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
Greek original, ca. 200-299 BCE (other)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Hellenistic; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Thasos marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity); Venus (Roman deity)
Description:
A Roman copy of a celebrated archetype, a Hellenistic statue of the crouching Aphrodite (Venus) at her bath. There were several Greek models to choose from, perhaps the most famous was by the Bithynian sculptor Doidalsas (original bronze of the 3rd century BCE). The complicated pose, with arms crossing in the front is typical of the dynamic movement in the Hellenistic style. This statue has been heavily restored and the dolphin and attendant added. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr /)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SACPD-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Crouching Aphrodite with Dolphin