S26.11 HERAKLES "TYPE FARNESE"

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre Br 652
Title: "Hercules Type Farnese ", "Hercules Resting"
Class: Free-standing statuette
Material: Bronze
Height: 0.42 metres (small)
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy or original Greek statuette
Style: Hellenistic
Date: Either C3rd BC or C1st AD
Period: Hellenistic or Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Herakles resting his arm on a pillar draped with his lion-skin cape.

 
 
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