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While there are sporadic representations of Eros as a baby from the Classical period, the pudgy, winged baby Eros type seen here began in the Hellenistic period. The type was adapted by Roman artists for Cupid and much later in the Renaissance for Putti. This unusually large terracotta still retains considerable traces of its original paint.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of Eros flying
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Asia Minor
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H.: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number: 22.139.5
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