Roman statuette of Venus wearing a diadem, Syria, 1st-2nd century AD
Bronze
Height 32cm
8396
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Impressive large Roman bronze statuette of Aphrodite standing on a separately cast plinth which has a flight of steps at the front edge. She stands with her weight on her left leg, her arms half extended and an apple in her right hand. She is naked apart from a radiate diadem.
Provenance
Found in Tartus, Syria (ancient Antarados) in 1892Aime Peretie (1808-1882), France
Louis De Clercq (1836-1901), France; acquired from the above
Henri de Boisgelin (1897-1967), Paris, France; by descent from the above in 1901
Nicolas Koutoulakis, (1910-1996), Geneva, Switzerland, and Paris, France
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, USA; acquired from Charles Ede in 2013, object number 2013.3
Literature
Compare A. De Ridder, Les Bronzes Antiques du Louvre, Vol.I (Paris, 1913), pl.34/418
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