S26.5 HERCULES
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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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.