Inv. n°: MMoCA509

Aphrodite Holding an Apple

Depicted naked and standing on a circular base with egg and dart moulding below the rim, set on a square platform with four short legs. Her right leg carries her weight with the left bent at the knee. She holds out her right hand which originally would have held a patera, in her left hand she holds a fruit possibly an apple. Her slender head, turned to the right gazes down slightly, framed by centrally parted hair caught up in a chignon at the nape and surmounted by a silver diadem.

h. 18.3 cm

1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex French private collection Péretié, France, 19th century
  • Ex French private collection Louis de Clerq, Oignies, France, 1836-1901
  • Ex Swiss private collection (Koutalakis family), Switzerland, acquired mid 1960s
  • Acquired by Rupert Wace Ancient Art at from the Swiss collection (Koutalakis family), imported from Switzerland in April 2009, London, April 2009
  • Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancien Art, London, 13th March 2010, lot 14854

Publications

  • Andre De Ridder, Collection De Clercq, Les Bronzes, Tome III, Paris, 1905, no. 119, pp. XXV, XXXI, 22, 85, 385 & pl. XXV
  • J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 134, fig. 13
  • "À la croisée des regards", Cote Magazine, September 2012, no. 207, p. 125
  • "J'ai fait un rêve...", Zibeline, May/June 2012, no. 52, p. 60
  • J. West, "Travel Outdoors", Scotsman Magazine, November 2012, p. 32
  • "L'or pour le musée de l'art classique de Mougins", Mougins Infos, France, February 2013, no. 28, p. 21
  • "Christian Levett: 'Mougins a une histoire artistique'", Nice-Matin, 30th April 2013, no. 23769, p. 11
  • Elle, June 2013, no. 3520, p. 153
  • Velocity, June 2014, p. 74
  • France Today, June/July 2014, volume 29, no. 4, p. 65
  • BeauxArts Magazine, August 2014, p. 114
  • BeauxArts magazine, September 2014, p. 120
  • "Art Antique", Grand Sud, 2014, no. 77
  • Mougins Magazine, 2014, no. 1, p. 25
  • State, 2014, no. 15, p. 6 et 22
  • Grand Sud, August/September 2016, no. 82, p. 74
  • "Museum To Go", Zeit Riviera, January/February 2017, no. 299, p. 23
  • Force One, 2017, no. 14, p. 53
  • L. Marotta, "The Medici of Mougins", Force One, 2017, no. 15, p. 38
  • "Le MACM rayonne à l'international", Mougins Côte d'Azur, France, June 2017, p. 43
  • "Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins", So Cannes, Summer 2017, p. 115
  • "L'Art est dans l'air", Grand Sud, October/November 2017, no. 92, p. 84
  • Ancient Warfare, 2019, vol. XII, issue 5
  • J. Oorthuys, Ancient Warfare, June/July 2020, vol. XII, issue 6, p. 59
  • J. Osgood, in J. Oorthuys (ed.), Ancient History, Karwansaray Publishers, Rotterdam, June/July 2020, no. 28, p. 59

Exhibitions

  • The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), MECC, Maastricht, Netherlands, 12th March 2010 — 21st March 2010
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

N.B. Our online collection is being continually updated thanks to ongoing research and documentation efforts carried out by the MACM documentation team. Any additional information is welcome, please contact us.

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