Statue

MS3456

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS3456
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Eros | Faun
Description

Eros stringing bow. White marble, patinated. Naked. Head, right arm, left hand and left leg below knee missing. A hole in each shoulder blade for attachment of wings. Weight on left foot. Right a little forwad and bent. Left arm across body, elbow at navel.

Height 57.5 cm
Width 23 cm
Depth 20 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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