Eros and Psyche | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 54.1908
Title: Eros and Psyche
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: statuette, sculpture
Date: 323-31 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/293382

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Mold-made
Dimensions: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Elbow to wing: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Misses Katharine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
Object Number: 54.1908
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Two figures standing side by side. Psyche is on the left, dressed in a himation with a melon coiffure. Eros is nude, but has a chlamys thrown over his shoulders, with his left wing protruding and is wearing a garland around his head. Traces of red in Psyche's hair, unmodeled back with no vent hole. Small hole in the center between the figures, base and back repaired inside with white plaster.
Traces of red pigment.

Publication History

Amy Sowder, "Greek Bronze Hydriai" (2009), Emory University, (Ph.D. diss.), p. 264.

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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54.1908: Eros and Psyche