| Készítés ideje | second half of the 1st century A.D. |
|---|---|
| Tárgytípus | sculpture |
| Anyag, technika | carved, marble |
| Méret | height: 47.5 cm, width: 22 cm, depth: 12 cm |
| Leltári szám | 4127 |
| Gyűjtemény | Classical Antiquities |
| Kiállítva | Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, Eros – Dionysos – Thanatos |
The statue depicts the god with long hair and wings. He is nude, his chest crossed by the strap of the quiver hung over his shoulder. The piece belongs to a popular type that may have originated in one of Praxiteles’s famous statues. It represents the two-faced deity with light-hearted playfulness. Although Eros is a child, he is mightier than all the other deities: he can even make Zeus and Aphrodite fall in love, should he hit them with his arrow. The right hand of the statue held an arrow, the left a bow – Eros is about to pick his next victim.
Marble analyses have shown that the statue was made of Pentelic marble.
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