Centaur & Cupid

Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris Catalogue No. Louvre Ma562 Title Centaur & Cupid Type Statue Material Marble Height 1.47 metres Context From Rome Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue by a sculptor of Aphrodisias Style Hellenistic Date C1st - 2nd A.D. Period Imperial Roman

Eros (Roman Cupid), the winged god of love, rides on the back of a Centaur. The creature has the upper body of a man with shaggy hair and beard, and the lower body of a horse.


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