File:Aphrodite head Ma 421 Louvre.jpg

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Head of the Cnidus Aphrodite type  wikidata:Q20669509 reasonator:Q20669509
Artist
After Praxiteles  (–395––330)  wikidata:Q105290 q:it:Prassitele
 
After Praxiteles
Alternative names
Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ: Πραξιτέλης
Description Greek sculptor
Date of birth/death circa 395 BC
date QS:P,-0395-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata		 circa 330 BC
date QS:P,-0330-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Location of birth Athens
Work period 4th century BC
date QS:P,-350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Athens Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q105290
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Title
Head of the Cnidus Aphrodite type
label QS:Lde,"Kopf der Aphrodite von Knidus"
label QS:Len,"Head of the Cnidus Aphrodite type"
label QS:Lfr,"Tête féminine du type de l'Aphrodite de Cnide"
label QS:Les,"Afrodita de Cnidos"
Object type marble sculpture / head / Roman copy after a Greek original Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Roman imperial era. Provenance: unknown.
Français : époque romaine impériale. Provenance inconnue.
Depicted people Aphrodite Edit this at Wikidata
Date 2nd century
date QS:P,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium Greek marble?
Dimensions H. 34 cm (13 ¼ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, gallery of the Melpomene
Accession number
Ma 421 (MR 675)
Place of creation Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807
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current19:14, 8 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 19:14, 8 January 20191,944 × 2,592 (1.41 MB)Sting (talk | contribs)Larger version
15:27, 1 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:27, 1 August 2006600 × 800 (164 KB)Sting (talk | contribs)A little bit brighter
23:05, 31 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:05, 31 July 2006600 × 800 (162 KB)Sting (talk | contribs){{Louvre-ext |Unknown |Portrait of Aphrodite, variant of the ''Aphrodite of Knidos'' by Praxiletes. Marble, Roman imperial period (2nd century AD ?). Other variants of heads copied from the famous sculpture by Praxiteles are known (see [[:Image:Aphrodite_

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