Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Eros Stringing His Bow
Image View:
Detail of upper body and wing from close left side
Creator:
after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0410
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
Roman copy ca. 10-99 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
Parian marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
123 cm (height)
Description:
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.museicapit olini.org/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-ESB-A06
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Eros Stringing His Bow