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S26.5 HERCULES

Hercules | Greco-Roman statuette
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 17.443
Title Hercules
Type Statuette
Material Marble
Height 0.57 metres
Context From Rome
Original / Copy Roman copy based on Greek statue probably by Myron C5th B.C.
Style Classical
Date 117 - 138 A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Heracles (Roman Hercules) stands nude with a knotted club held in one hand and the skin of the Nemean Lion draped over the other arm.

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Heracles