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Unknown
Head of Aphrodite2nd century copy of a Greek original of circa 450-440 B.C.

On view:

Geffen Galleries, floor 1

Ancient marble head sculpture, cream-white stone with rust-brown weathering, oval face with blank carved eyes, full lips, and low-relief scroll curls along the hairline, mounted on a narrow white post

Unknown, Head of Aphrodite

Unknown, Head of Aphrodite, 2nd century copy of a Greek original of circa 450-440 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Head of Aphrodite
Culture: Roman
Date Made: 2nd century copy of a Greek original of circa 450-440 B.C.
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 8 × 6 × 9 in. (20.32 × 15.24 × 22.86 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number: AC1992.152.5
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography: Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.