Harvard Art Museums > 1935.35.39: Eros Playing a Lyre Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Eros Playing a Lyre , 1935.35.39,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 10, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292086. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1935.35.39 Title Eros Playing a Lyre Classification Sculpture Work Type statuette, sculpture Date late 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy Period Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292086 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta with traces of red, blue, and white paint Dimensions greatest dimen.: 9.6 x 6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ionides Collection, London (by 1913). Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler, Cambridge, MA (by 1935, gift: to the Fogg Art Museum. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler Accession Year 1935 Object Number 1935.35.39 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The figure is winged, nude, and rotund. Publication History Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Eros 676a. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
