Eros Borghese Louvre Ma235

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Unknown
Eros holding the (lost) shield of his mother Aphrodite. Marble, Roman artwork of the 2nd century AD. May reproduce a Hellenistic type. End of the nose, mouth, chin, both arms, plinth, left leg, part of the right leg and of the wings are modern restorations.
Dimensions H. 1.35 m (4 ft. 5 in.)

Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807

Accession number Ma 235 (MR 141)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17

Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)

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