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Head of Amor
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
According to Carl Burckhardt's letters, the Italian model for the Amor figure was named Battista. The sculpture was created during Burckhardt's stay in Rome and was therefore also called "Roman Head" by the artist. It is part of the unfinished life-size sculptural group "Zeus and Eros," in which Eros, in an adoring posture facing the seated Zeus, kneels before him.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionCredit lineKopf des Amor. 1902. Carl Burckhardt (1878–1923). Kunstmuseum Basel, Geschenk von Samuel Wittwer-Iselin, Kilchberg (ZH). Public domain.
