Terracotta statuette of Eros flying

Unknown

ca. 200–150 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Eros wears a thick wreath and a skimpy chlamys (cloak) and is portrayed as a winged adolescent youth, a type that had a long history at Myrina beginning in the late third century B.C. The style of this finely executed terracotta likely reflects influence from the Pergamene school of sculpture, which flourished in the first half of the second century B.C. at the nearby city of Pergamon, seat of the kingdom ruled by the Attalid Dynasty.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 200–150 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Asia Minor, Myrina

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Waters S. Davis, 1928