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1677. Eros Sleeping, with the attributes of Heracles. A
winged boy reclines asleep on a lion's skin spread on a
rocky ground. He has his legs crossed, and his head on
his left shoulder; in front of him is a club, and behind
him are a bow and arrows in a bow-case, all three
attributes of Heracles. Two lizards are crawling near,
and show, by venturing out of their holes, how quietly
the child is sleeping. There are several similar statues
in the Sculpture Galleries of Europe (see Clarac, iv.,
pi. 643).—Towneley Coll.
Italian marble. Length, 3 feet 6 inches. Restored : nose, both feet,
upper part of right wing and part of left hand. Found in the
Capponi vineyard near the Flaminian Gate, Rome, and obtained
from Cardinal Albani by Mr. Lyde Brown. Mas. Marbles, XL,
pi. 37 ; Clarac, IV., pi. 644, fig. 1474a ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I.,
p. 252 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 218); Mansell, No. 1242 ; Graeco-
Roman Guide, I., No. 143; Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire,
II., p. 490, fig. 7 ; Lyde Browne Catalojue (1768), No. 34.
1678. Eros represented as a winged infant reclining, asleep ;
in his right hand, a knotted wreath, with long strands.
His head rests on an amphora, in the mouth of which a
pipe has been fixed, showing that the statue served as
a fountain. The object in the hand has hitherto been
regarded as a bunch of poppy-heads, and in that case we
should have a blending of the types of the sleeping-
Cupid and of the infant god of sleep, such as often occurs
in late Graeco-Eoman art, though in some instances the
latter is distinguished by small wings on the head.—
Tarsus.
Marble of Asia Minor. Length, 1 foot 11J inches. Bought, 1868.
Arch.Zeit., 1868, p. 83; Wolters, No. 1584; Mansell, No. 1143;
Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 201. For the subject, see Benndorf
and Schone, Bildw. des Lateranensischen Museums, No. 370 ;
Furtwaengler in Bull. deW Inst., 1877, p. 121, and Roscher's
Lexikon, I., p. 1369.
1678*. Eros, standing, asleep. He leans on his inverted
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1677. Eros Sleeping, with the attributes of Heracles. A
winged boy reclines asleep on a lion's skin spread on a
rocky ground. He has his legs crossed, and his head on
his left shoulder; in front of him is a club, and behind
him are a bow and arrows in a bow-case, all three
attributes of Heracles. Two lizards are crawling near,
and show, by venturing out of their holes, how quietly
the child is sleeping. There are several similar statues
in the Sculpture Galleries of Europe (see Clarac, iv.,
pi. 643).—Towneley Coll.
Italian marble. Length, 3 feet 6 inches. Restored : nose, both feet,
upper part of right wing and part of left hand. Found in the
Capponi vineyard near the Flaminian Gate, Rome, and obtained
from Cardinal Albani by Mr. Lyde Brown. Mas. Marbles, XL,
pi. 37 ; Clarac, IV., pi. 644, fig. 1474a ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I.,
p. 252 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 218); Mansell, No. 1242 ; Graeco-
Roman Guide, I., No. 143; Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire,
II., p. 490, fig. 7 ; Lyde Browne Catalojue (1768), No. 34.
1678. Eros represented as a winged infant reclining, asleep ;
in his right hand, a knotted wreath, with long strands.
His head rests on an amphora, in the mouth of which a
pipe has been fixed, showing that the statue served as
a fountain. The object in the hand has hitherto been
regarded as a bunch of poppy-heads, and in that case we
should have a blending of the types of the sleeping-
Cupid and of the infant god of sleep, such as often occurs
in late Graeco-Eoman art, though in some instances the
latter is distinguished by small wings on the head.—
Tarsus.
Marble of Asia Minor. Length, 1 foot 11J inches. Bought, 1868.
Arch.Zeit., 1868, p. 83; Wolters, No. 1584; Mansell, No. 1143;
Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 201. For the subject, see Benndorf
and Schone, Bildw. des Lateranensischen Museums, No. 370 ;
Furtwaengler in Bull. deW Inst., 1877, p. 121, and Roscher's
Lexikon, I., p. 1369.
1678*. Eros, standing, asleep. He leans on his inverted
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