Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Love Breaking the Bow)

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Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Love Breaking the Bow)
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Love Breaking the Bow)
Artist/Maker
After (Ancient Greek, 370 – 300 BCE)
Publisher (Italian, founded 1852)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.1 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.547
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting a sculpture of Cupid breaking his bow in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Eros with the bow
Provenance 2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed Recto, bottom margin: "(Edne. Alinari) Pe. Ia. No. 5977. ROMA - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco. (Scultura antica.)"
Verso, bottom right corner (pencil): "6"
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