L'AMORE di PALAZZO SORANZO, VENEZIA -- il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana a tutto tondo all'aperto

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             Eros.

• Height: 1.53m.
• marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is known as Eros Soranzo.
  • is a version of a Greek bronze original of about 470-460 BC.
  • is said to have been found either in Istanbul or on an Aegean island.
  • was acquired by the Hermitage from Palazzo Soranzo in Venice in 1851.
  • is now in St Petersburg, Hermitage, 85.

Look at casts showing Eros