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

Explore Further

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.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Heroic Figure
c. 200–225 AD
Bronze
62.19
King's Crown
c. 1890
Gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and copper
2004.2255
front of object
19th century
Gold leaf and wood
2004.2330
Crab Effigy Vessel
100–800 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.215
Necklace
19th century
Gold and colored beads
2004.2306
Brandt Renude #42
Timothy Tracz
1991
Gelatin silver print
94.22
Stamnos with Herakles and a Dancing Satyr
Polygnotos
c. 440–420 BC
Terracotta
2003.713
Necklace
c. 1890
Gold, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2263
Queen's Crown
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256
Pair of Arm Ornaments
c.1890
Gold, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Pair of Arm Ornaments
c. 1890
Gold, rubies, and diamonds
2004.2264.1,.2
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
15th–17th century
Gold
2004.2311