S26.8 HERCULES
| Museum Collection | State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | - |
| Title | Hercules |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 1.42 metres |
| Context | - |
| Original / Copy | Roman copy of Greek statue |
| Style | - |
| Date | C1st - 2nd A.D. |
| Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles (Roman Hercules) stands nude with the apples of the Hesperides and a knotted club draped with a lion-skin cape held in his hands. He is crowned with a wreath of oak-leaves(?) and a fig-leaf covers his groin--a post-Classical embellishment.