Eros

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The fluttering ends of the drapery and the thick white underpainting, or "slip," are recognizably South Italian. All Hellenistic terracotta figurines were gaily painted with bright colors, usually derived from plants.

Exhibitions

From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.

Provenance Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD; Walters Art Museum, December 1985, by gift.

Credit Gift of Dr. Frederick G. Stern, 1985

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Creator

Greek (Sculptor)

Period

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

Medium

terracotta with white slip and traces of paint
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.2527

Measurements

10 1/2 x 4 11/16 x 2 3/8 in. (26.7 x 12 x 6.1 cm)

Geography

Italy, Canosa (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art