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Eros and a Dog
Roman, East Mediterranean
Early Imperial Period
early 1st century A.D.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 027.
DescriptionOn high, molded base, group of Eros and a dog. Eros is marching to the right following the dog. He holds the leash of the dog with right hand and with his left he holds/lifts his himation. The himation covers the lower part of the body, from the waist down. He also wears a thick wreath. Traces of red on his hair; black on brows and eyes; yellow-brown on flesh of Eros and body of dog; rose pink on himation; traces of red on the back of the base. White slip in many places.
This piece doesn't have a vent hole.
Red clay.
This piece doesn't have a vent hole.
Red clay.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: H. Hoffmann Collection; 1899: Hôtel Drouot auction of the H. Hoffmann Collection (Paris, May 15-19, 1899, lot 205); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Hoffmann Sale 1899, no. 205 = T.C. Gréau pl. 34.2); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901