Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Eros Stringing His Bow
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Eros Stringing His Bow
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Image View:
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Detail of head and upper body with wing from left side
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Creator:
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after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0410
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery
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GPS:
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+41.893056+12.4825
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Date:
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Roman copy ca. 10-99 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Classical; Greco-Roman
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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Parian marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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123 cm (height)
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Description:
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Formerly at Villa d'Este, donated by Pope Benedict XIV in 1753. This is a Roman copy of the first century CE from an original of the fourth century BCE by Lysippus (Lysippos) for the sanctuary of Eros Thespiae in Boeotia. There are various copies of this work, including one in the British Museum. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-ESB-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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