APHRODITE AND EROS IN MARBLE Roman art, circa 2nd century AD Sculpted group depicting the goddess Aphrodite, headless and with missing arms, half-naked, draped simply in a himation under her hips. To her right stands a small winged Eros carrying a bunch of fruit. Missing. Height: 25.7 cm Provenance: Former English private collection, built up in the early 1990s Aaron Gallery, London, 2001 Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003: n°226 (ill.) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 84, fig. 19 J. Oorthuys, "Enjoy the Experience of a Museum with Difference! MACM", Ancient Warfare, Karwansaray Publishers, The Netherlands, June/July 2020, vol. XIII, NO. 6 J. Osgood, "Enjoy the Experience of a Museum with Difference! MACM" in J. Oorthuys (ed.), Ancient History, Karwansaray Publishers, Rotterdam, June/July 2020, no. 28 A Roman marble group of Aphrodite and Eros, Circa 2nd century A.D.