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S38.1 CENTAUR & CUPID

Centaur & Cupid | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre Ma562
Title Centaur & Cupid
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 1.47 metres
Context From Rome
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue by a sculptor of Aphrodisias
Style Hellenistic
Date C1st - 2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Eros (Roman Cupid), the winged god of love, rides on the back of a Centaur. The creature has the upper body of a man with shaggy hair and beard, and the lower body of a horse.

ARTICLES

Centaurs, Eros