A terracotta torso of Eros
A terracotta torso of Eros

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1890

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A terracotta torso of Eros
After the Antique, Circa 1890
With long hair, looking to his right, lacking his fore-arms, on a rectangular base, impressed '500' to the reverse
32 in. (82 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This torso figure is a replica of the celebrated mutilated Hadrianic marble excavated by the Scottish antiquarian Gavin Hamilton and now in the Museo Pio Clementino, Galleria delle Statue, Rome.

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