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Statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (Cyrene Type)
Statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (Cyrene Type)

Statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (Cyrene Type)

Artist Unknown
Datelate 1st century BCE–2nd century CE
MediumParian marble
Dimensions71 3/8 x 20 1/4 x 20 in. (181.3 x 51.4 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), 1980; and dedicated in memory of Dr. Mary Ellen Soles, curator of ancient art (1982–2010) by the NCMA Board of Trustees, 2018
Object numberG.80.9.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceReportedly excavated near Castellamare di Stabia, Italy; B. Feurer, Rome and Geneva (per Leon, see file); with Jeanette G. Brun, Zürich, Switzerland (per Leon, see file); with Christoph F. Leon, Basel, Switzerland, by 1979; sold to NCMA, 1980.Published ReferencesLa Chronique des Arts (Supplement a la Gazette des Beaux-Arts), no. 144 (March 1981), 27, illus.

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 56.

Mary Ellen Soles, "Tradition and Innovation: A Statue of Aphrodite," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 14, no. 4 (1990), 11-18 , illus. (b-w) 11, (b-w detail) 15.

Charles Salter, Jr., "Piece de resistance," Raleigh: The News and Observer (March 27, 1991), 1D, 3D, illus. 1D.

M. E. S. [Mary Ellen Soles], "Restoration Hints at Statue's Original Appearance," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1991), 15-16, illus. (b-w) 15, also illus. being conserved (b-w) 16.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 26.

Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Aphrodite of Cyrene, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 33, illus. (color).

Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Aphrodite of Cyrene, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 64, illus. (color) 65.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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