Cleveland Museum of Art
Aphrodite
- Date
- 400–200 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- Greece
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This nude figurine was likely inspired by the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, a work that spawned countless reproductions of varying sizes in different media. Created from inexpensive terra cotta clay, this Aphrodite might have been commissioned as a votive offering by a person of modest means. This Aphrodite may be admiring her reflection in a mirror once held in her left hand.
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