Cast Gallery catalogue number: C172

Aphrodite, nude, her left hand holding an item of dress over a water jar. She makes a concealing gesture with her right arm, perhaps because she has been surprised while bathing.

• Plaster cast: Height: 2.16m.
• Copy of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is a version of the original Aphrodite of Knidos made by Praxiteles in about 350 BC.
  • was formerly in Palazzo Colonna in Rome.
  • is now in Rome, Musei Vaticani, Gabinetto delle Maschere, inv. 812.