Head of Aphrodite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Head of Aphrodite, 1st Cent. AD. The style of the hair, with horizontal curling above the forehead, a small tiara around the top of the head, and a bun of hair at the back, are identical to the Aphrodite of Capua statue in National Museum of Naples. (Ackerman, James S. (ed). The Garland Library of the History of Art, Vol. 3: Ancient Art - Roman Art and Architecture. Garland Publishing, Inc., 1976, pl. 188, fig. 13) In antiquity, heads were often carved separately from the statues for which they were intended. The heads were made with a convex tenon that could be set into a specially prepared cavity in the statue. The juncture was concealed by a line of drapery. Because of its colossal size, this finely carved example must represent a goddess. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greek and Roman Art. URL: www.metmuseum.org.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Roman
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553229-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 20 cm