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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
EROS.
1672. Torso of Eros (?). A youth stands on the left leg with
the right leg drawn back. The head is wanting, but the
long hair falls down on the shoulders. Both arms are lost
from the elbows; the right forearm was a separate piece,
united by a joint. The figure wears a strap belt across
the body, which has been left in relief, by cutting awa}T
the surface of the adjoining flesh. It dies away at the
back. The traditional name of Eros has been questioned,
on account of the absence of wings, and that of Apollo
has been proposed instead (Friederichs). The work is
ascribed by Furtwaengler to a minor Attic artist, working
under the influence of Euphranor and Praxiteles, about
360 B.C.—From the Acropolis of Athens. Elgin Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 4 feet 3 inches. Restored : right ankle.
Mns. Marbles, IX., pis. 2, 3; Mansell, No. 1120; Clarac, IV,
pL 650d, No. 1478d; Synopsis, No. 119 (306); Ellis, Elgin
Marbles, II., p. 71 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 116). Miiller-
Wieseler, Denkmaeler, I., pi. 35, No. 145 ; Murray, 2nd ed., II.,
pi. 17, p. 269 ; Friederichs, Bausteine, No. 447 (= Wolters,
No. 1291) ; Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 590.
1673. Eros stringing a Bow. He stands to the front, turning
a little to our left. His left foot is advanced, and
he leans forward, bending the bow with his hands,
pressing it against his right leg. The hair is plaited in a
tress which passes over the top of the head. He stands
on the original moulded pedestal. His left leg and thigh
rest against his quiver, over which is thrown the lion's
skin of Heracles. There exist many rejuetitions of this
figure, whence it may be inferred that they are all
modifications of some celebrated Greek original. Townley
and others thought that these replicas were all copies of
the celebrated statue of Eros by Praxiteles, which was
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
EROS.
1672. Torso of Eros (?). A youth stands on the left leg with
the right leg drawn back. The head is wanting, but the
long hair falls down on the shoulders. Both arms are lost
from the elbows; the right forearm was a separate piece,
united by a joint. The figure wears a strap belt across
the body, which has been left in relief, by cutting awa}T
the surface of the adjoining flesh. It dies away at the
back. The traditional name of Eros has been questioned,
on account of the absence of wings, and that of Apollo
has been proposed instead (Friederichs). The work is
ascribed by Furtwaengler to a minor Attic artist, working
under the influence of Euphranor and Praxiteles, about
360 B.C.—From the Acropolis of Athens. Elgin Coll.
Greek marble. Height, 4 feet 3 inches. Restored : right ankle.
Mns. Marbles, IX., pis. 2, 3; Mansell, No. 1120; Clarac, IV,
pL 650d, No. 1478d; Synopsis, No. 119 (306); Ellis, Elgin
Marbles, II., p. 71 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 116). Miiller-
Wieseler, Denkmaeler, I., pi. 35, No. 145 ; Murray, 2nd ed., II.,
pi. 17, p. 269 ; Friederichs, Bausteine, No. 447 (= Wolters,
No. 1291) ; Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 590.
1673. Eros stringing a Bow. He stands to the front, turning
a little to our left. His left foot is advanced, and
he leans forward, bending the bow with his hands,
pressing it against his right leg. The hair is plaited in a
tress which passes over the top of the head. He stands
on the original moulded pedestal. His left leg and thigh
rest against his quiver, over which is thrown the lion's
skin of Heracles. There exist many rejuetitions of this
figure, whence it may be inferred that they are all
modifications of some celebrated Greek original. Townley
and others thought that these replicas were all copies of
the celebrated statue of Eros by Praxiteles, which was