Head of Eros

ca. 350 BCE (Classical)

16.8 cm 25.8 cm 18.8 cm

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The delicate modeling of this piece makes it one of the finest surviving copies of the Eros from the sanctuary at Thespiae by the celebrated master sculptor Lysippus. In that statue, Eros was shown stringing his bow, his head turned to one side with a dreamy, distracted look....

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Canessa, New York, Paris, and Naples, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Capua]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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