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Sleeping Cupid (Eros)
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Marble Eros, reclining, cradles his head in his left arm and lies asleep on a lion skin (that of the Nemean lion), the paws of which are visible from the back side of the sculpture. Eros' right arm falls in front of his torso, and his large right wing rests behind his body from his right should down. The top of his left wing rests behind his head. Around his neck is a cloak, which falls behind his back between his wings and is fastened with a circular brooch over his right shoulder. He rests on his quiver and bow, the tops of which appear from under the lion skin. His face is round, his eyes closed. He has a prominent nose and a small mouth with slightly parted lips. His hair is parted on the right side and falls in large curls to his neck.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
[Mathias Komor New York NY February 1963] sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1963.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum David M. Robinson Fund
Title: Sleeping Cupid (Eros)
Description:
Marble Eros, reclining, cradles his head in his left arm and lies asleep on a lion skin (that of the Nemean lion), the paws of which are visible from the back side of the sculpture.
Eros' right arm falls in front of his torso, and his large right wing rests behind his body from his right should down.
The top of his left wing rests behind his head.
Around his neck is a cloak, which falls behind his back between his wings and is fastened with a circular brooch over his right shoulder.
He rests on his quiver and bow, the tops of which appear from under the lion skin.
His face is round, his eyes closed.
He has a prominent nose and a small mouth with slightly parted lips.
His hair is parted on the right side and falls in large curls to his neck.
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