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“Berlin Hermaphroditus”
UnknownAround 120 – 140 AD
Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The much restored statue depicts Hermaphroditus, a hermaphrodite with female breasts and male genitalia. As mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, he embodies the principle of the instability of sexual identity and intersexual beauty. On his head he wears the mithra, a women’s scarf.
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Details
- Title: “Berlin Hermaphroditus”
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Around 120 – 140 AD
- Location: Paris (France)
- Type: Marble
- Medium: Marble
- Object acquired: Acquired in Paris (France) around 1826/28
- Inv.-No.: Sk 193
- 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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