Eros
The figure's chubby, child-like body and the arrangement of the hair suggest that the subject is a wingless Eros (the child-god of love). The pose indicates that he originally rode astride a plunging dolphin, a favorite subject in the 1st century. This object was probably an o...
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28523
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object
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normalized
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Durighello Collection, Paris, by 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Sidon]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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4
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.724_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.724_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.724_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
| imageCount | 4 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.724 |
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