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<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)
Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)
<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view02.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view02.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view03.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view03.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view04.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view04.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view05.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view05.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view06.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view06.jpg)

<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view07.jpg)

Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view07.jpg)

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Head of Aphrodite

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Plaster
DATES 332-30 B.C.E.
PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm) H. with base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) base: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 4.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 83.28
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall
PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not documented; by 1982, acquired by Fenwick Waddington Wall of New York, NY; 1983, gift of Fenwick Waddington Wall to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Head of Aphrodite, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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<em>Head of Aphrodite</em>, 332-30 B.C.E. Plaster, 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Fenwick W. Wall, 83.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.28_view01.jpg)

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