Lot Essay
For another Herakles of similar scale, now in the Cesnola collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see acc. no. 74.51.2655. From a small scale statue of the hero, who was popular thoughout the Greek world.
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CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF HERAKLES
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), Paris.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collection de Clercq, Catalogue Tome V: Les Antiquités Chypriotes, Paris, 1908, no. 83.
Special notice
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Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department
For another Herakles of similar scale, now in the Cesnola collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see acc. no. 74.51.2655. From a small scale statue of the hero, who was popular thoughout the Greek world.