Statue
Reproduction
MS3817
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3817 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii |
| Manufacture Location | Naples |
| Creator | J. Chiurazzi and Fils |
| Date Made | 1903 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Eros | Dolphin |
| Description | Eros with Dolphin. Standing with left foot forward; knees slightly bent; wings unfurled behind; holding proportionately rather large dolphin on right shoulder, with right hand above and left below. Head loooking to right, face close to dolphin; hair parted on both sides and gathered into a topknot above. Wing feathers carefully engraved; very careful modelling of figures. Standing on round plinth with molded profile. Spout in mouth of dolphin for use as fountain figure. Original found at Pompeii. |
| Height | 61 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902 |
| Other Number | 111701 - Naples Museum Number |
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