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1839-1613, PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]

  • Record Number: 40002179
  • Sub-database: PONIATOWSKI
  • Reference Number: 1839-1613
  • Material of Original Gem: CORNELIAN
  • Description: PHRYNE [BUST OF THE FAMOUS HETAERA]
  • Inscription Greek: ΦΡΥΝΕ
  • Last Recorded Collection: Christie's, London: 1839-1613
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VIII.8.3
    • Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 347
  • Comments: A COPY OF THE COLONNA VENUS (?), WHICH IS AN ANCIENT REPLICA OF THE APHRODITE OF KNIDOS BY PRAXITELES, WHICH PHRYNE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE MODELED FOR.
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Last updated 01/03/2026 17:02:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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