Tunic Fragment with Sigillum
Classical Antiquities
Date | late 4th century B.C. |
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Object type | sculpture |
Medium, technique | carved, marble |
Dimensions | height: 47.5 cm, width: 22 cm |
Inventory number | 4127 |
Collection | Classical Antiquities |
On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, Eros – Dionysos – Thanatos |
The statue depicts the god with long hair and wings. He is nude, his chest crossed by the strap of the quiver hung over his shoulder. The piece belongs to a popular type that may have originated in one of Praxiteles’s famous statues. It represents the two-faced deity with light-hearted playfulness. Although Eros is a child, he is mightier than all the other deities: he can even make Zeus and Aphrodite fall in love, should he hit them with his arrow. The right hand of the statue held an arrow, the left a bow – Eros is about to pick his next victim.
Marble analyses have shown that the statue was made of Pentelic marble.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.