SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Eros and Psyche
323-31 BCE
Description
Two figures standing side by side. Psyche is on the left, dressed in a himation with a melon coiffure. Eros is nude, but has a chlamys thrown over his shoulders, with his left wing protruding and is wearing a garland around his head. Traces of red in Psyche's hair, unmodeled back with no vent hole. Small hole in the center between the figures, base and back repaired inside with white plaster. Traces of red pigment.
Dimensions
13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.) Elbow to wing: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Misses Katharine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.
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