Head of Venus 4th-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)

The goddess of love and beauty wears her wavy hair in a topknot. This small head likely was once part of a statuette showing the goddess nude or partially nude.

Greek

 

2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)

medium: marble

culture: Greek

 

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/3909

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