Cast Gallery catalogue number: B089

Aphrodite leans on an archaic statue of herself.
She makes the veiling gesture usually associated with brides and wives.

• Plaster cast: Height: 86cm.
• Copy of a marble statue of the late 5th century BC.
• The statue:
  • was found on the west coast of Italy at Tarquinia.
  • was formerly in the Falzacappa collection in Corneto.
  • has been in Berlin since 1857.
  • is now in Berlin, Antikensammlung, inv. 586.