Isis-Aphrodite
Artist
Unknown
Date1st–2nd century
MediumCopper alloy
Dimensions14 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (35.6 x 11.1 x 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from AHEPA Marathon Chapter 2 Foundation, Peter A. Pappas in memory of his father, Tom Pappas, and Peter B. Pappas in memory of his father, Bill Pappas
Object number2009.4
On View
On viewPublished ReferencesA. de Ridder, Collection de Clercq Catalogue, Vol. III, Les Bronzes (Paris: 1905), no. 107, illus. pl. XXII.
Salomon Reinach, “Aphrodite Nue,” Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. 4, Paris 1913, rpt Rome 1969, 213 no. 2.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Aphrodite-Isis, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 70, illus. (color) 71.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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