Etruscan Aphrodite Head, Terracotta
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: Terracotta female head, possibly Aphrodite. Label reads 'Roman'. Originally cataloged as 1st Century BC. Atremis? Bow of hair on top. (Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli. The Greek World: Art and Civilization in Magna Graecia and Sicily. Rizzoli International Publications, NY. 1996, p, 442) Head of Aphrodite, Etruscan, 4th Cent BC. Style of hair, with a bow atop of the head, and a bun at the back, is consistent with Aphrodite marble sculpture, such as the Aphrodite Statue at the Capitoline Museum in Rome ((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: 10 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Etruscan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553120-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 29.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 26.7 cm