M0006262: Eros pursuing a nymph

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Eros pursuing a myth? Skypos Attic red figures.

Photograph of an Attic skyphos (two-handled wine cup) from the late 5th century BC decorated with a depiction of the Ancient Greek god Eros pursuing a nymph. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R364/1936). The item is not held by Wellcome Collection.

09 May 1939

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (accession number R364/1936 image 258)

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.