Archaic II
Limestone statuette of Herakles brandishing a club
Right arm raised, brandishing club. Overall: 12 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (31.8 x 19.4 x 12.4 cm)
Date
500 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2607
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXXXVII.577, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1096, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. p. 42, pl. XI.3. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 314, p. 237, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.