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Winged Eros, Louvre MA 3307. (Courtesy of Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Winged Eros
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 247
- Date
- Late 3rd C. BC, Hellenistic
- Museum
- Paris, Louvre, MA 3307
- Museum Inventory No.
- MA 3307
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Louvre MA3307
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Sardis.
- Description
- The nude, winged Eros, just older than a baby, stands with the weight on his r. leg, his head turned slightly to proper l. His r. arm is bent at the elbow and across the body. A small fragment of an arrow is held in his r. hand. The l. hand probably held a bow. A fragment of a quiver is preserved on the l. thigh. The locks of his hair are parted in the middle and flow to each side. There is a braided topknot over the central parting, and a single lock or dangling jewel falls on his forehead. His eyes look downward, and his mouth smiles slightly. There is a hard treatment of the surface, which is carefully smoothed. The piece is a Hellenistic type of the later 3rd C. B.C.
- Condition
Marble.
L. arm below shoulder and I. leg above knee broken off.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.62.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: Charbonneaux, Sculpture grecque romaine, 81.
- Author
- NHR