Aphrodite in a crouching position with a dolphinMarble from the quarries on the island of ThasosThe goddess is depicted naked and crouching while Eros; behind her; is lifting a cloth to dry her off. The work; a Roman copy of a bronze original by the Bithynian sculptor Doidalsas (3rd cent.BC) was commissioned in the 3rd century BC by King Nicomedes Bithynia in Asia Minor.Museo Nazionale Romano- Palazzo Altemps