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Said to be from Rhodes
This marble image of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, was originally adorning herself with one arm raised to her hair, the other holding some object like a mirror or ointment vase.
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Title: Marble statuette of Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising) type
Period: Hellenistic
Date: late 2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Marble, Island
Dimensions: H. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of John W. Cross, 1950
Accession Number: 50.10
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