On the right of the entrance door to the Grand Lobby is the plaster reproduction of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her right arm is holding her tunic while her left hand is extended, displaying an apple. The statue is famous for the "...treatment of hair and the draperies...together with the proportions of the body and the general style."

Opposite Aphrodite is the statue  of the goddess Artemis.  In greek mythology she is the goddess of the moon, wild animals and the hunt.  She is shown fastening the himation which her faithful subjects presented to her.  The original statue made of paros marbel was found at Gabies in 1792. This statue is known for the ...dignity of her expression, the grace of her posture, the elegant folds of her short belted chiton and of her cloak