- Museum number
- 1924,1115.1
- Description
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Roman version of the Aphrodite at Knidos by Praxiteles. Breasts reconstructed but ancient. Cut down from a statue to make a bust.
- Production date
- 1stC-2ndC
- Dimensions
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Height: 810 millimetres (including base)
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Height: 65 centimetres
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Weight: 123 kilograms
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Width: 550 millimetres
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Depth: 450 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The surface of the sculpture does not suggest that it was found in water.
- Location
- On display (G23)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2009 2 Apr-13 Oct, Alicante, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
Exhibited:
2009 2 Apr-13 Oct, Alicante, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010-2011 15 Oct-07 Feb, Taipei, The National Palace Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010-2011, 11 Mar-12 Jun, Kobe City Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2011, 4 July-25 Sept, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2011-2012, 25 Oct-12 Feb, Mexico City, National Anthropological Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2012-2013 6 Oct-6 Jan, Portland Art Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2013, 6 May–6 Oct, Dallas Museum of Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2014, 21 Feb-9 Jun, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2014, 2 Aug–9 Nov, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia, The Body Beautiful in Greek Art and Thought
- Acquisition date
- 1924
- Acquisition notes
- Price: 1050-00s-00d. Previously in Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire. See Michaelis. One of the items sent to Hamilton Palace from the Braschi Palace in 1821.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1924,1115.1
