Title
100.KZ.1 Aphrodite Kallipygos Statuette (OBJECT)
Description
This Neoclassical statuette is a rendition of an ancient marble statue in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It displays a woman (the goddess Aphrodite or a mortal?) partially draped in her robes. This composition follows a statue type called the “Aphrodite Kallipygos” (Callipygian Venus). This modern name came from the Greek words kallos (beauty) and pyge (buttocks). The type's namesake statue dates from the 1st c. BCE. It was recovered in the 16th c. missing its head.
Artist
unknown
Medium
sculpture
statuette
Material
stone
marble
Dimensions
91 cm (35 3/4 in)
Chronology
Neo-Classical
Current Location
private collection
Statue Type
Callipygian Venus
AW3D Models
Bibliography
Scanned object: Sotheby's auction catalog
AW3D Contributors
This entry was composed by Samantha Schlegel (IUPUI).
- Dr. Elizabeth Thill, advisor
- Cheyenne Eversole, curator
- Ryan Knapp, technological advisor
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