The Getty's troubled goddess

Frammolino, R., and Felch, J. (2007) ‘The Getty’s troubled goddess’, Los Angeles Times, 3 January.

Liberated from its shipping crates, the ancient statue drew a crowd of employees when it arrived in December 1987 at the J. Paul Getty Museum’s antiquities conservation lab.

The 7 1/2 -foot figure had a placid marble face and delicately carved limestone gown. It was thought to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Some who came to see it believed that the sculpture would become the greatest piece in the museum’s antiquities collection.