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Aphrodite, associated with sensuality and love, is shown nude in each example, following the convention established in fourth-century BCE images of the goddess that radically departed from earlier modes of depicting her clothed. Captured mid-action, she is presented to the viewer in an intimate, private moment of undressing or bathing, as if inviting anyone who sees her to enter into that space of close familiarity where one might reach out to touch her tantalizing skin, only to discover that she is made of hard marble. Her child, Hermaphrodite, similarly embodies the sensuality and softness associated with the goddess, and indicates through their very body and position how they are connected with their mother.\n","remarks":"MED2_22_CLA.pdf – Day One Cataloguing (group chat for 2009-81, 2016-580, 2014-42) "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<br>With Sir Francis Cook (1817-1901), Doughty House, Richmond, from some point in the 19th century until 1901; from 1901 – 1920 it was with&nbsp;Sir Frederick Cook, Doughty House, Richmond; from 1920 – 1939 with&nbsp;Sir Herbert Cook, Doughty House, Richmond; from 1939 – 1950&nbsp;with&nbsp;Sir Francis Ferdinand Cook, Doughty House, Richmond; from 1950 – 1951 with&nbsp;Spink and Son, London; from 1951 - 2013 with&nbsp;Albert Davis, 93 Harley Street, London; and descendents; from 2013 - 2014&nbsp;with&nbsp;Ariadne Galleries, NY; purchased by the Museum from Ariadne Galleries in 2014.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1,"sortnumber":"2014   42","published_date":"2026-03-05 11:03:28.864033","objectid":103432,"dimensions":"35 x 19 x 33 cm (13 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 13 in.)\r\nwith base: 44.6 x 20.3 x 33 cm (17 9/16 x 8 x 13 in.)","on_view":true}