Plaster cast

Museum number:
21-263
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.193
Description:
Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Maker or artist:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-263, described as Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-263, described as Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-263, described as Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-263, described as Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-263, described as Cast of Aphrodite (Latin: Venus) crouching in the bath. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Found about 1760 near the Via Praenestina. Restored: back of head, upper part of left ear, parts of hands and feet, greater part of base. The goddess is crouching beneath a jet of water. This type, of which there are several examples, may have been created by Daedalos, the Bithynian, who flourished a little later than Alexander. Compare with Helbig no. 252.

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