Relief depicting Eros and Psyche - image 1

Hellenistic

Relief depicting Eros and Psyche

The relief is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flat. The heads of both figures, the top of Eros' wing, and the bottom of the relief from the lower legs down are missing. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

Date

199 - 99 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1709

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XLII.332, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 42, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2315, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 406, p. 239, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.