Aphrodite and Eros (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
This statuette of Aphrodite is based on a fully clothed 5th-century image of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. In designing this composition, the artist depicts her seminude (a Hellenistic Greek motif) to emphasize her sensuality as she adorns herself with the help of a mirror. Aphrodite’s son, Eros (whose name means “desire”), holds a cosmetic box. Such complicated terracottas were assembled from mold-cast pieces and painted with bright colors.
Hellenistic Period
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
“Falling in Love Again,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 1 July-4 September 1994.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, (October 2, 1987 - October 27, 1988 - dates from accession card inventory locations - not necessarily the exhibition dates)
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, (October 2, 1987 - October 27, 1988 - dates from accession card inventory locations - not necessarily the exhibition dates)
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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