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
probably A.D. 50–75
second half of 2nd century A.D.
280–240 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
1982
1982
about A.D. 138–192
1st century A.D.
about A.D. 140–190
about 2200–1750 B.C.
about mid-3rd century A.D.