Eros on a Dolphin
The representation of Eros on a dolphin occurs as early as the 5th century BC, but retained its popularity throughout antiquity, appearing on gems, coins, and in other mediums. The motif sometimes occurs as an adjunct to images of Aphrodite, and would therefore be an appropria...
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Artifact
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34632
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean P. Lambros and Giovanni Dattari Sale, Paris, June 17-19, 1912, lot 553; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.606_Rt_BW_C82.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.606_Rt_BW_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.606_Rt_BW_C82.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.606 |
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Medium
ivory
Genre
appliqué (visual works)
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