Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix

Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153

Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the late 5th century B.C. attributed to Kallimachos

This goddess wears a sleeveless, ungirt chiton of thin clinging material that reveals every curve of her body. Her pose—between standing and walking—was developed by the sculptor Polykleitos in the mid-fifth century B.C. She originally lifted one edge of her himation (cloak) with her right hand and probably held an apple in the other.

#1048. Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix

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Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman

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Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman
Marble statue of Aphrodite, the so-called Venus Genetrix, Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos, Marble, Roman

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