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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Aphrodite
141. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (the Capitoline type). A close-up.
Marble. Roman copy of the Imperial age after a Greek prototype of the Hellenistic age.
Inv. No. 21.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian.
142. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group “Venus and Mars” with portrait heads.
Marble. Roman copy of ca. 170 CE after a Greek original of the 5th—4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 108522.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Small Cloister of the Certosa.
143. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group “Venus and Mars” with portrait heads.
Marble. Roman copy of ca. 170 CE after a Greek original of the 5th—4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 108522.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Small Cloister of the Certosa.
144. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group “Venus and Mars” with portrait heads (close-up).
Marble. Roman copy of ca. 170 CE after a Greek original of the 5th—4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 108522.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Small Cloister of the Certosa.
145. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Judgement of Paris (a fragmentary relief).
Marble.
Hadrianean era.
Inv. No. 8563.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
146. SCULPTURE. Rome.
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 Altemps.
147. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Cnidos.
Medium-grained marble.
Torso — Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, the rest — restoration of the 17th century by sculptor Ippolito Buzzi (1562—1634).
Inv. No. 8619.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
148. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Cnidos.
Medium-grained marble.
Torso — Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, the rest — restoration of the 17th century by sculptor Ippolito Buzzi (1562—1634).
Inv. No. 8619.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
149. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The toilette of Aphrodite.
Fresco from the cubiculum B of a house beneath the Villa Farnesina.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 1128.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
150. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The toilette of Aphrodite.
Fresco from the cubiculum B of a house beneath the Villa Farnesina.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 1128.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
151. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Aphrodite signed by Menophantos.
Greek fine-graine marble. Greek copy of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 75674.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
152. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Aphrodite signed by Menophantos.
Greek fine-graine marble. Greek copy of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 75674.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
153. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Aphrodite signed by Menophantos (close-up).
Greek fine-graine marble. Greek copy of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 75674.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
154. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Aphrodite signed by Menophantos. Detail: the signature.
Greek fine-graine marble. Greek copy of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 75674.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
155. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Seating Venus integrated as Roma (cd. Dea Barberini).
Fresco.
First quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
156. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 812.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Cabinet of Masks, 37.
157. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 812.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Cabinet of Masks, 37.
158. APPLIED ART. Etruria.
Mirror with a picture of the Judgment of Paris.
Bronze.
3rd century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
159. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Allegory of the might of love.
Miniature amphora. Sardonyx. Roman, early 1st century.
Height of body (original part) 5.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
160. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (so-called “Aphrodite in the Gardens” or “Venus of Pavlovsk”).
Marble.
Roman work of the 1st century after a Greek models of the late 5th century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.