Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A Roman Marble Figure of Eros Sleeping Standing Up, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
December 17, 01:48 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Figure of Eros Sleeping Standing Up
circa 2nd Century A.D.
sometimes called Hypnos, resting on a fragmentary downturned torch cradled under his left arm, and clasping his left shoulder with his right hand, his face with parted lips and closed eyes, his long hair arranged in a braid across the top of the head, and deeply drilled curls falling on the shoulders, fragmentary wings on the back; no restorations.
Height 38 cm.
Larz (1866-1937) and Isabel (1876-1948) Weld Perkins Anderson, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., acquired between 1890 and 1905
The Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., received as a gift from the above with the house in 1937 (sold at Sloans and Kenyon, Washington, D.C., December 5th, 2000)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired at the above sale
Rhode Island private collection, acquired from the above
The Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., received as a gift from the above with the house in 1937 (sold at Sloans and Kenyon, Washington, D.C., December 5th, 2000)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired at the above sale
Rhode Island private collection, acquired from the above
RECORDED
1911 typewritten inventory of the contents of Larz and Isabel Anderson's house, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., in the archives of the Order of the Cincinnati: Main Staircase Hall, art objects, p. 11, "Greco Roman marble torso of Cupid, mounted on ebony plinth. 14 1/2" high," with handwritten number in red (13) and photo no. mistakenly recorded as 4D
Black-and-white photographic print, labelled as 4E
1911 typewritten inventory of the contents of Larz and Isabel Anderson's house, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., in the archives of the Order of the Cincinnati: Main Staircase Hall, art objects, p. 11, "Greco Roman marble torso of Cupid, mounted on ebony plinth. 14 1/2" high," with handwritten number in red (13) and photo no. mistakenly recorded as 4D
Black-and-white photographic print, labelled as 4E