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Torso of Venus
UnknownRoman copy of the 2nd century AD
Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The Greek goddess of love Aphrodite was first depicted completely naked by the sculptor Praxiteles around 340 BC. His “Knidia” soon gained world-wide fame and was widely copied and modfied. This Roman copy traces back to the late Hellenistic type of the “Venus Medici”.
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Details
- Title: Torso of Venus
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Roman copy of the 2nd century AD
- Location: Florence (Italy)
- Medium: Marble
- Object acquired: Acquired in Florence (Italy) in 1842
- Inv.-No.: Sk 28
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-814319
- External link: Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyrights: Text: © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin || Photo: © b p k - || Photo Agency / Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius
- Collection: Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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