Head of Aphrodite (the Aphrodite of Cnidos type), called “The Kaufmann Head”
Marble.Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after a Greek statue of 360—350 BCE.
H. 35 cm. Inv. Nos. MND 2027 / Ma 3518.Paris, Louvre MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Head of Aphrodite (the Aphrodite of Cnidos type), called “The Kaufmann Head”.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after a Greek statue of 360—350 BCE.
H. 35 cm.
Roman copy of the 1st—2nd century CE after a Greek statue of 360—350 BCE.
H. 35 cm.
Inv. Nos. MND 2027 / Ma 3518.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
Origin:
Tralles (in present-day Turkey). Former Kaufmann collection. Purchased in 1951 (the body of the statue is in Berlin).
Description:
Female head of the “Aphrodite of Cnidus” type, called “The Kaufmann Head”
C. 150 BC.Provenance: Tralles (in present-day Turkey).
Marble from Asia Minor?
H. 35 cm.
This head reproduces the features of the “Aphrodite of Cnidus” by Praxiteles, an Athenian sculptor active in the 4th century BC. The leftward turn of the head, the rendering of the wavy locks of hair arranged symetrically to either side of a central parting, the chignon and the double ribbon are similar to the heads Ma 421 and Ma 561. Nevertheless, the elongated oval of the face, the long neck and the arrangement of the two parallel ribbons marks this replica out as a Hellenistic variant in which the goddess appears to have been surprised while bathing.
The gap in the hair is due to an inclusion in the marble.
Credits:
© 2016. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
© 2020. Description: http://cartelen.louvre.fr.
Data: museum annotation.
© 2020. Description: http://cartelen.louvre.fr.
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