CROUCHING APHRODITE IN MARBLE Roman art, late 1st-early 2nd century AD, from a 2nd century BC Greek original attributed to Doidalsas of Bithynia Female sculpture in the round, known as the "Squatting Aphrodite" or "Venus of Vienna", depicting the nude goddess in the bath, squatting on her right knee with her torso bent forward. A delicate lock of hair remains on her shoulder, while her left thigh bears the traces of her arms, which have now disappeared and once concealed the goddess's nudity. Head and arms incomplete. Visible missing parts. Height Height : 36 cm Provenance: Galerie Mouseion, Paris French private collection, 1975 Then by descent A Roman marble crouching Aphrodite, Late 1st-early 2nd century A.D., after a Greek original attributed to Doidalsas of Bithynia, 2nd century B.C.