SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE

Head of Eros

323-31 BCE

Description

Head of a young boy with curly hair, a chubby face and a heavy wreath with a feather projecting from the center (as Eros of Myrina). Figure broken at neck. (Bottom row, 3rd from left, in photograph) Traces of iron oxide red.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4 x 2.4 cm (1 9/16 x 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

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