Figure of Aphrodite

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Artist Unknown Roman

CultureRoman

Titles

Figure of Aphrodite
Aphrodite Rising from the Sea (Venus Anadyomene)

Date1–100 AD

PlaceGreece

MediumPentelic Marble

Dimensions45 × 12 × 14 in. (114.3 × 30.5 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of D. and J. de Menil in memory of Claire Schlumberger

Object number61.8.1,.2

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

200 Jamail Atrium

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Department

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Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceBarsenti Collection, Rome Italy; purchased by Mr. E. Larcade, Paris, France; by inheritance to Mr. Jean Larcade, Paris, France; purchased by Mr. Gustav Hufschmidt, Geneva, Switzerland; [Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York]; purchased by John de Menil (1904–1973) and Dominique de Menil (1908–1997), Houston, by 1961; given to MFAH, 1961.
Exhibition History"Classic Art of Antiquity," Fort Worth Art Museum, 1965.

"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
Published References [entry by Jack L. Schrader and John Minor Wisdom, Jr.] The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection. Houston: MFAH, 1981. No. 19. Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 17. MFAH Newsletter, Nov. 1961.

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