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Eros Hurling a Spear at a Stag
Roman , Eastern Mediterranean
Early Imperial Period
1st century A.D.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 031.
DescriptionGroup of Eros hurling spear at a stag. The spear is missing. He wears a chalmys, which covers his left arm and falls behind his back. His hair is tied on top of his head, falling in curls down his neck. Yellowish color in stag; black for eye and eyebrows of Eros; rose pink on his chlamys and wings; pale blue on the wings; yellow-brown on the hair. On the back a Greek inscription with the letters alpha, gamma, alpha.
Red clay (unusually red).
Red clay (unusually red).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: H. Hoffmann Collection; 1899: Hôtel Drouot auction of the H. Hoffmann Collection (Paris, May 15-19, 1899, lot 203); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Hoffmann Sale 1899, no. 203 = T.C. Gréau pl. 36.2); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901