The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Eros, the God of Love
1–100 CE
Overall: 22.6 x 15.3 x 17.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 x 7 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John Huntington 1920.167
Location: 103 Roman
Did You Know?
The oldest versions of Greek myth describe Eros, god of love and desire, as one of the first beings in existence.Description
This is a Roman copy of the statue of Eros by Lysippus, the last of the great sculptors of Greece. He worked in the second half of the fourth century and was court sculptor to Alexander the Great. In the complete statue the god stood naked, his head turned to the right, his hand clasping a bow.- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 7 (1920): 109-10. Mentioned: p. 109 www.jstor.org
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