A MARBLE TORSO OF APHRODITE, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 20TH CENTURY, OR EARLIER | A Marble Torso of Aphrodite, after the Antique

after a late Hellenistic Greek prototype ultimately inspired by the Aphrodite of Knidos, of slender form, standing in a graceful attitude with her weight on the left leg, a tress of her long wavy hair falling over the left shoulder.

acquired from Michel Dumez-Onof, London, June 1982
Sotheby's, London, 9th December, 2012, no. 20, illus. 

probably Amsterdams Historich Museum, 1970

Michel Dumez-Onof (Gallery), Ancient Works of Art, London, 1970, no. 2, illus.

Generally good and as shown. Surface repolished. Area below proper right knee repaired from two large and a few small fragments. Pubic area appears to have been restored in marble prior to re-polishing, which might explain how the join could be so well concealed. This opens up interesting possibilities as to what could have broken off from there.
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The goddess of Beauty is depicted in all her sensuality, while she tries to cover her nakedness with her hands. Made of marble, it represents the goddess who comes out nude from her bath, in meditation, leaning forward, with her arms in the act of covering herself. This representation of Aphrodite is defined as “Capitoline type”, of which numerous replicas are known today. The first and most faithful Roman copy of the statue of Aphrodite created by Praxiteles (the Classical Greek sculptor) circa 360 BC, was found in Rome and now is in the Musei Capitolini. For a closely related example, probably from the same workshop, see Christie’s, London, July 11th, 1973, lot 196 (https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_search/record.php?record=15389).