Greek Torso of Aphrodite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. MARBLE SCULPTURE OF FEMALE, ONLY TORSO REMAINING (NO HEAD, ARMS, OR LEGS). BOLTED TO BLACK BASE. GOOD CONDITION. Torso of Aphrodite, Hellenistic. (Gordon, Enid. The Art of Classical Greece and the Etruscans. Octopus Books, 1972, pg. 69, fig. 38)
label: Notes
content: MARBLE SCULPTURE OF FEMALE, MOST LIKE APHRODITE. ONLY TORSO REMAINING (NO HEAD, ARMS, OR LEGS). On a base. BOLTED TO BLACK BASE. GOOD CONDITION.
label: Notes
content: Torso of Aphrodite. The overall appearance, breasts uncovered and smooth marble finish, mark this statue as that of Aphrodite. (c.f. 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. 196, fig. 44)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Greece (not certain), Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553207-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 11 cm