Eros stringing his bow (type Thespiae)
Marble.
Made in the age of Hadrian after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE in a sanctuary in Thespiae (Beotia).
H. 120 cm.
Inv. No. 129185.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle TermePhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Eros stringing his bow (type Thespiae).

Marble.
Made in the age of Hadrian after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE in a sanctuary in Thespiae (Beotia).
H. 120 cm.
Inv. No. 129185.

Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme).

Origin:
Gabii (Rome), to the South-East from the temple of Juno (1953).
Credits:
© 2017. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Text: museum inscription to the sculpture.
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