Sculpture

50-1-33

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Heracles
Description

Complete; considerably worn. The fastening dowel under the feet is preserved, with some lead still adhering to it. Nude standing youth, weight on left leg, right knee slightly bent. Right hand on hip; the left hangs straight down, the hand resting on a club. Upper part of left arms and of club covered by drapery chich falls in spirals. Features badly worn but suggest copy made from a Hellenistic original.

Height 10.3 cm
Width 3.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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