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  • English: Statue of Aphrodite, 2nd c. BC. 3524. Statue of Aphrodite. Parian marble. Found at Baiai in southern Italy. It formerly belonged to the collection of Lord Hope and was donated to the National Museum by M. Embeirikos in 1924. The neck, head and right arm were restored by the famous Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Aphrodite is depicted standing, nude save for a richly draped himation which she retains with her left hand in front of her pudenda. Version made in the 2nd c. AD of the type of the Syracuse Aphrodite, the original of which goes back to the 4th c. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece
  • Ελληνικά: Άγαλμα Αφροδίτης. 3524. Άγαλμα Αφροδίτης. Μάρμαρο παριανό. Βρέθηκε στις Βάιες της Κάτω Ιταλίας και ανήκε στη συλλογή του λόρδου Hope. Αγοράστηκε και δωρήθηκε στο Εθνικό Μουσείο το 1924 από τον Μ. Εμπειρίκο. Ο λαιμός, το κεφάλι και το δεξί χέρι έχουν συμπληρωθεί από το διάσημο Ιταλό γλυπτή Α. Canova (1757-1822). Η Αφροδίτη όρθια και ημίγυμνη συγκρατεί με το αριστερό χέρι το πλούσια πτυχωμένο ιμάτιο που τυλίγεται γύρω από τους γλουτούς της. Έργο του 2ου αι. μ.Χ., αποτελεί παραλλαγή του τύπου της Αφροδίτης των Συρακουσών, του οποίου το πρωτότυπο ανάγεται στον 4ο αι. π.Χ. Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα.
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