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Augustin-Félix Fortin
Eroscirca 1806

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Terracotta or painted plaster sculpture of a standing nude winged male figure holding a lyre, with classically idealized proportions and curly hair crowned with a wreath
Artist or Maker
Augustin-Félix Fortin
Title
Eros
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1806
Medium
Earthenware with metal
Dimensions
20 × 11 × 7 in. (50.8 × 27.94 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Sidney F. Brody through the 1997 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1997.36.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Levkoff, Mary. "European Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Update." Apollo 155, no.480 (February 2002): 12-20.

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