Statue

MS3473

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS3473
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Roman Period
Date Made 125 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Eros | Faun
Description

White marble, lightly patinated. Eros. Naked. Missing: head, most of both arms, legs below knees. Holes on shoulder blades for attachment of wings. Head and both arms were attached seperately. Right leg straight forward. Right arm set straight forward. Left arm extended at an angle.

Height 43.3 cm
Width 19 cm
Depth 44 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897
Other Number )514 - Cast Number

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