42 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE ANADYOMENE, depicted as having emerged from the sea, drying her hair. She stands in relaxed contrapposto, her left hand raised and holding a long curl. Atop her head is a large diadem; right forearm lacking. 1st Century AD. H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) Ex collection of Andre de Clercq (1836 - 1901); Brussels private collection in 1980s. Fine reddish-brown patina. 43 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE (VENUS) WEARING A DIADEM right hand extended; eyes inlaid with silver. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) Ex private collection, Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1985. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, 1985, no. 281. Exhibited: Ohio State University Art Museum, 1985-1990; Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1991-2007. 44 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE (VENUS) arranging her hair depicted as two skeins, one held in each of her upraised hands. Syria, 1st Century AD. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm) Ex L.G. collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987. Exhibited: Picker Art gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1987-2006.
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