Figure of Aphrodite

Figure of Aphrodite

Public Domain

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
203 Crane Gallery
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
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.

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