Bronze statue of Eros sleeping


Cupid, chubby and quietly sleeping, is a common symbol today … but what did this sculpture mean to ancient Greeks?

 

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping, 3rd–2nd century B.C.E., bronze, 16 1/2 × 14 × 33 9/16″ / 41.9 × 35.6 × 85.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Bronze statue of Eros sleeping," in Smarthistory, December 21, 2015, accessed March 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/bronze-statue-of-eros-sleeping/.