statuette of aphrodite wearing platform sandals | c. 200 - 150 BCE | greece, hellenistic period
"...certain elements of the statuette--the decorated crescent-shaped stephane or tiara, the curls of hair brushed forward on the cheeks, and the veil, which clings to her chignon--seem drawn from royal portraiture of the time. The woman may actually represent a Hellenistic queen, perhaps Apollonis of Pergamon, portrayed as Aphrodite."
in the j. paul getty museum collection













