Head of an Eros
Description
Caption: Head of an Eros, 1st–2nd century C.E.. Marble, 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm) H. with tang: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.653. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small carved head of a human figure.
The artifact is a carved head, possibly from a small sculpture or statue. It shows a realistic depiction of a human face with detailed features such as eyes, nose, and mouth. The carving style suggests it might be from a later period due to its more naturalistic approach, possibly indicating influence from Greek or Roman art forms. The artifact seems to have been made from stone, given its appearance and texture.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.653 tier-2
- BKM-Object 10142 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.