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Source Description
The summary relief, framed by an incised hatched border, shows a man, probably Eros, nude and with an arrow, and a woman, probably Psyche, partially draped, beside him. The bottom is broken and a lower piece has been reattached.Two oval plaques in the Benaki Museum, Athens, show an identical subject and positioning of holes, top and bottom, for pinning the pieces to a backing. Only one hole is preserved on the Walters piece. The function of these oval plaques is unknown.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6429
label
Eros and Psyche
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6429
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Eros and Psyche
description
The summary relief, framed by an incised hatched border, shows a man, probably Eros, nude and with an arrow, and a woman, probably Psyche, partially draped, beside him. The bottom is broken and a lower piece has been reattached.Two oval plaques in the Benaki Museum, Athens, show an identical subject and positioning of holes, top and bottom, for pinning the pieces to a backing. Only one hole is preserved on the Walters piece. The function of these oval plaques is unknown.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by puarchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-5th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.8
height
4.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/16 x W: 1 5/8 in. (5.8 x 4.2 cm)
Source extras
med
bone
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b7f8ecd7711c3185