Torso of Aphrodite

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Torso of Aphrodite
Date100 BC–100 AD
MediumMarble
Dimensions47 × 23 × 12 in., 500lb. (119.4 × 58.4 × 30.5 cm, 226.8kg)
Base: 34 × 21 × 21 in., 100lb. (86.4 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm, 45.4kg)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation with additional funds provided by “One Great Night in November, 2004”
Object number2004.1614
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
104 Cullen Foundation Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceTempleberg Foundation, Zurich; [P. Antiques Limited, Sutton, Surrey, England, before 1999]; [Ward & Company Works of Art, Inc., New York, 1999–2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.

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