/internal/media/dispatcher/1203851/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Aphrodite ("The Bartlett Head" )about 330–300 B.C.Head without socle: 28.8 x 18.1 x 24.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Head on socle: 42 cm (16 9/16 in)
Historic socle: 13.8 x 13.8 cm (5 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Parian marbleBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 190003.7431So-called Bartlett Head of Aphrodite, associated with the style of Praxiteles. Important and rare original example of late Classical or early Hellenistic sculpture. Neck is worked for insertion into a full length statue, now lost. Well preserved except for a small break at the tip of the nose.Sculpture42.000000000028.800000000013.800000000024.765049530115105901