131, A tall winged male, one hand before his face, the other apparently holding back a smaller naked male behind him. Before the main figure a bearded naked man seated on a pillar is hammering at a helmet? on a wreathed anvil. Ground line. The style is late Hellenistic but the subject obscure. The main figure should be Eros; the hammerer perhaps Hephaistos fashioning armour; the third figure an unknown, reduced Eros?.
Description: A TALL WINGED MALE, ONE HAND BEFORE HIS FACE, THE OTHER APPARENTLY HOLDING BACK A SMALLER NAKED MALE BEHIND HIM. BEFORE THE MAIN FIGURE A BEARDED NAKED MAN SEATED ON A PILLAR IS HAMMERING AT A HELMET? ON A WREATHED ANVIL. GROUND LINE. THE STYLE IS LATE HELLENISTIC BUT THE SUBJECT OBSCURE. THE MAIN FIGURE SHOULD BE EROS; THE HAMMERER PERHAPS HEPHAISTOS FASHIONING ARMOUR; THE THIRD FIGURE AN UNKNOWN, REDUCED EROS?.
Last Recorded Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.1129
Previous Collections:
Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 134
Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 131
