Limestone statuette of bearded Herakles - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of bearded Herakles

Herakles is in a walking position; the right arm is raised, the left detached from the body. He wears a belted kilt, with incised horizontal rows intersected by short vertical lines, that covers the abdomen and the legs. Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/16 in. (20.6 x 12.1 x 8 cm)

Date

520 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2656

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.581, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1094, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 307, p. 233, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.