Head of Eros
Front View
2015-00-00
Name/Title
Head of ErosEntry/Object ID
80G0231Description
Head of a sleepy boy with short hair and a slight smile. Damage to the nose and chin. Probably missing body. Resin replica; marble original.Type of Sculpture
HeadArtwork Details
Medium
ResinSubject
ErosContext
Eros (Cupid) is either the son of Nyx, Ares and Aphrodite, or a primordial god depending on which source is consulted, but in all accounts, he is the god of love. Eros “grew young,” at least in art, slowly becoming younger in his artistic depictions. In the 4th century BCE, after being depicted for centuries as a teenager, he became the little boy as represented here in this head, and finally diminished to the size of a winged baby (the later baroque angel). It was likely once part of a full statue and used within a religious sphere.Collection
Hellenistic GreeceMade/Created
Date made
300 BCE - 200 BCETime Period
HellenisticEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
GreeceCulture/Tribe
Greek - Hellenistic