S10.5 APHRODITE "VENUS D'ARLES "

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre,
Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre Ma 439
Title: "Venus D'Arles"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 1.94 metres
Context: Found at Arles
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue by Praxiteles 360 BC (the Aphrodite de Thespies). Restoration by François Girardon (1628-1715)
Style: Late Classical
Date: C1st AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Aphrodite stands holding an apple in a raised hand.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite