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Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos
Ancient Roman · 2nd century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Said to have been in the collection of Count Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1894 - 1976), Landwarow, Lithuania before 1939 (see document in curatorial file); Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine, McAlpine Ancient Art, by 1981; sold to the Art Insitute of Chicago, February 1981.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Rotating Permanent Collection, Gallery 143, February 21, 1991-1992.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Classical Art from the Permanent Collection, Feb. 1989–Feb. 17, 1990, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Crown Gallery (Allerton 200), 1981-1986.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 156, April 20, 1994-February 6, 2012.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012 - present.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Acquisitions,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1980–81 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1981), p. 49.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Departmental Reports,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1980–81 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1981), p. 14.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Report of the Director,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1980–81 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1981), p. 7, fig. 6.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Pocketguide to the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 1988), p. 9, fig. 12.
- Cornelius C. Vermeule III, “Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 20, no. 1 (1994), pp. 72–73, cat. 50 (ill.).
- Karen Alexander, "The New Galleries of Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," Minerva vol. 5, no. 3 (May/June, 1994), p. 33, fig. 11.
- <a href=https://archive.artic.edu/cleo><em>Cleopatra: A Multi-Media Guide to the Ancient World</em></a> (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1997).
- James Wood, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000), p. 73 (ill.).
- Domnica Radulescu, Sisters of Medea: The Tragic Heroine Across Cultures (New Orleans: University Press of the South, 2002), p. 4, fig. 1.
- Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 32, 39, no. 134.
- Katharine A. Raff, “Cat. 13 Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
- Rachel C. Sabino, with contributions by Lorenzo Lazzarini, “Cat. 13 Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos: Technical Report,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
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