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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Metropolitan Museum of Art

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping | Hellenistic period | 3rd-2nd century B.C.

“Sleeping Eros” traces the evolution of the image of Eros, the Greek god of love, from cruel and capricious to a beautiful winged youth. This exhibition is centered on the Hellenistic bronze statue Eros sleeping, the finest example of its kind. http://met.org/X2oyEw Bronze statue of Eros sleeping | Hellenistic period | 3rd-2nd century B.C.
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