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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF HERCULES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF HERCULES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The hero wearing his lionskin over his head, its paws tied on his chest, the details of the fur stippled, his head turned slightly to his left, with short wavy hair and articulated eyes, his lips slightly parted, joined at the back to a rectangular shaft and backplate, likely for attachment to furniture or a chariot
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The hero wearing his lionskin over his head, its paws tied on his chest, the details of the fur stippled, his head turned slightly to his left, with short wavy hair and articulated eyes, his lips slightly parted, joined at the back to a rectangular shaft and backplate, likely for attachment to furniture or a chariot
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Robin Symes, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 88-56 (as Omphale).