Statue of Venus Genetrix in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007

Marble statue of Aphrodite
Venus Genetrix

Greek Antiquities: Sculpture (Statue)
Roman Empire

Material : Marble

Date : between the Ist and the IInd century

Original artist : Kallimachos

Place : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek art from the Sixth through Fourth Century B.C.

Acquisition : Purchase (1932).
Accession # 32.11.3

Description: Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the late 5th century B.C. attributed to Kallimachos.

This goddess wears a sleeveless, ungirt chiton of thin, clinging material that reveals every curve of her body. Her pose- between standing and walking- was developed by the sculptor Polykleitos in the mid-5th century BC. She originally lifted one edge of her himation (cloak) with her right hand and probably held an apple in the other.

Text from: www.insecula.com/us/oeuvre/O0009229.html and the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.