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Aphrodite and the Gods of Love

galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/statuette-of-aphrodite-emerging-from-the-sea_lidzyk

Statuette of Aphrodite emerging from the sea, 1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Frank B. Bemis Fund

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/sleeping-hermaphrodite_jg9ahl

Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 1st century B.C.

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/bathing-vessel-loutrophoros-depicting-a-bridal-procession_tpuuiz

Bathing vessel (loutrophoros) depicting a bridal procession, 420 - 425 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/statuette-of-aphrodite-untying-a-sandal-sandalbinder-_rf0qjy

Statuette of Aphrodite untying a sandal, 1st century B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Catharine Page Perkins Fund

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/mirror-with-women-bathing-before-a-statue-of-aphrodite-on-a-pillar_hgyfeo

Mirror with women bathing before a statue of Aphrodite on a pillar, A.D. 110 - 117

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Museum purchase with funds donated by Dr. Ernest and Virginia Lewisohn Kahn

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/statue-of-aphrodite-or-roman-lady_jhgs7a

Statue of Aphrodite or a Roman Lady, 2nd Century A.D.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase as a memorial to Mrs. W. Scott Fitz with funds from the Henrietta Goddard Fitz Fund
and Edward Jackson Holmes

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/votive-relief-with-aphrodite-and-devotees_z0tayb

Votive Relief with Aphrodite and devotees, 4th century B.C.

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
galleries/2012/02/12/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-photos/statuette-of-eros-wearing-the-lionskin-of-herakles_crhzzk

Statuette of Eros wearing the lionskin of Herakles, 1st century B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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