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Detail of a Bronze Statuette of Eros Running in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2013

Detail of a Bronze Statuette of Eros Running in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2013
Bronze statuette of Eros running
1st–2nd century A.D.


Object Details

Period: Early Imperial

Date: 1st–2nd century A.D.

Culture: Roman

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H.: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897

Accession Number: 97.22.5


Eros holds a branch in his right hand and once held a torch in his left.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246683

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