Aphrodite (so-called Niobe)
Fine-grained marble.Head — Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, bust — modern. Inv. No. 8586.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo AltempsPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Aphrodite (so-called Niobe).
Fine-grained marble.
Head — Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, bust — modern.
Head — Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, bust — modern.
Inv. No. 8586.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Altemps).
Origin:
From the Ludovisi collection.
Description:
This portrait is known in the Ludovisi family inventories as Niobe, or niobid, a character in the Greek myth from the cycle about the sons of Leto. The bust is restored. The head bears traits and a hairstyle that are typical of the Aphrodite of Cnidos, so much so that it could have been the model for the seventeenth-cenlury restoration of the nearby statue of Aphrodite.
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Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines ρωμαϊκό αντίγραφο copy copia kopie copie ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ρωμαϊκή κεφάλι head testa kopf tête ἀφροδίτη αφροδίτη aphrodite afrodite βένους venus venere vénus νιόβη niobe niobé νιοβίδες niobids niobidi niobiden marble bust of so-called niobide from the ludovisi collection inv no 8586
