Roman Marble Sculptures 5 ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF THE SLEEPING EROS The god of erotic love lies in a naturalistic pose, his right arm across his body and his left hand by his face; his right leg lies across his left calf and his wings are beneath. 2nd-3rd Century AD. L. 27 1/8 in. (69 cm.) Ex D.C. collection, Paris, acquired before 1970. Cf. C. C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America, Los Angeles, 1981, p. 186.
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