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<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)
Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)
<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view1.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view1.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view02.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view02.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_side2.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_side2.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_side1.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_side1.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_back.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_back.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view03.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view03.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view04.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view04.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view05.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view05.jpg)

<em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view06.jpg)

Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view06.jpg)

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Head of an Eros

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Marble
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • DATES 1st-2nd century C.E.
    PERIOD Early Roman Period (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm) H. with tang: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.653
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small, white marble head of an eros (?). Head frontal and turned slightly to right; curly hair, slightly open mouth. Curious incision on forehead in form of inverted T. Preserved to neck. Condition: Surface worn and a few chips over right eye.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Head of an Eros, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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    <em>Head of an Eros</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.653_view01.jpg)

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