Head of young Herakles - ROM2016_15298_1

ROM2016_15298_1

Head of young Herakles

Medium:Marble
Use
(Object)
: Europe
Date: about 1-100 AD
Period: Roman period, after a Greek work of about 340 BC
Dimensions:
40.7 cm
Object number: 924.16.35
On view
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
Description

Young Herakles

From a herm. This head is of the same type as on the "Lansdowne Herakles", a statue attributed to the Greek sculptor Skopas. A number of Roman copies of this statue or of the head alone exist. The complete herm would have consisted of a 4-cornered pillar topped by the head.

Collection:
Greek World
Department: World Cultures: Greek and Roman
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