(alternatively: Praxiteles)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Aphrodite of Cnidus, This is a detail of the head of the Aphrodite of Cnidus first sculpted around the 4th century BCE. It is a Roman copy of the Greek sculptor Praxiteles' original Venus Pudica ("Modest Venus").
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.ASCU.0166; Public Notes:
Resting Satyr, A detail of the head of a the "Resting Satyr" sculpture originally completed by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles of Attic. This is a Roman copy of the Greek original, 130 CE
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.ASCU.0170; Public Notes:
Silenus with infant Dionysus, A nude statue of Silenus holding an infant Bacchus, or Dionysus. Silenus is often portrayed as the wise tutor of Dionysus., ca. 4th century BCE
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.ASCU.0085; Public Notes:
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