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Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
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English: Crouching Aphrodite. Marble, Roman variant of the Imperial Era after a Hellenistic type: the goddess is raising her left hand towards her neck whereas the protype used to cross her arms on her breast.
Français : Aphrodite accroupie. Marbre, variante romaine de l'époque impériale d'après un thème hellénistique : la déesse lève le bras droit vers sa nuque alors que dans l'original, elle croisait les bras sur sa poitrine.
Dimensions H. 71 cm (27 ¾ in.)
Credit line Collections of Louis XIV of France; seized during the French Revolution
Accession number Ma 53 (MR 371)
Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)
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