From Thursday 15 November until the 17 February next year, the sculpture Aphrodite of Capua will be present at the National Museum of Fine Arts, from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

This imposing work was created during Hadrian's empire (117 al 138 d. C.) and will be exhibited in the central hall of the Museum at the initiative of the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Embassy in Argentina.

This true masterpiece of classical art is part of the relations and cultural exchanges between the Italian and Argentine States., and takes place in the context of the G-20 Summit, whose headquarters 2018 it's our country.

In that context, Andrés Duprat, director of the venue located on Avenida del Libertador 1473 expressed his “gratitude towards the Embassy of Italy in Argentina, the Italian Institute of Culture and the National Archaeological Museum of Naples”.

As described by the director, the Venus of Capua is "one of the fundamental pieces of Western art" and "has inspired the image of femininity for two millennia".

It should be noted that, within that context, “The Venus de Milo and Venus de Capua are presumed to be copies of a lost original Aphrodite, attributed to Lysippos, one of the great sculptors of classical Greece”.

Duprat draws a parallel and argues that "while the former held an apple in her hand -following the German archaeologist and historian Adolf Furtwängler-, the Aphrodite of Capua, Conversely, makes a crucial difference. The gesture -the head slightly tilted towards something that he would hold in his empty hands- claims an absent object”.

That object could be neither more nor less than the "shield of Ares (with whom Aphrodite had a forbidden affair), that in Greek iconography usually hides a mirror where the goddess contemplates her face, although it could also be a lyre”.

This magnificent work can be enjoyed from Tuesday to Friday, of 11 a 20, and on Saturdays and Sundays 10 a 20 hours.