Head of Aphrodite
about 1st century B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight x length (of face): 37 x 22 cm (14 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.694
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1764: collection of Henry Temple, Second Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), of Broadlands, Hampshire (purchased in Italy); date unknown: collection of Lord Ronald Gower; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, October 1896
530–515 B.C.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
probably A.D. 50–75
150–100 B.C.
about A.D. 190
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
about 560–550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
about 470–450 B.C.
late 5th century B.C.
about 340 B.C.