F10.5 APHRODITE & THE EROTES | VENUS & THE CUPIDS
Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Fresco, Imperial Roman
Context: Pompeii
Date: --
Period: Imperial Roman
SUMMARY
Aphrodite (Roman Venus) stands fully clothed, crowned, and holding a sceptre, sprigs of myrtle (?) and some wooden device (?). Beside her is her son Eros (Roman Cupid) holding a mirror. She is also circled by two flying Erotes carrying a wreath and sprigs of myrtle (?).
ARTICLES Aphrodite, Eros, Erotes
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