Lot Essay
For the type compare the large bronze figure, no. 106 in M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN BRONZE HERCULES
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE HERCULES
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The muscular hero depicted nude, standing in contrapposto with his weight on his right leg, the left bent with the foot pulled back, his lionskin draped over his left shoulder and arm, his fisted left hand perhaps once holding his club, his right arm extending forward, perhaps once holding a kantharus, his head turned slightly to his right, with a full beard and short curly hair
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The muscular hero depicted nude, standing in contrapposto with his weight on his right leg, the left bent with the foot pulled back, his lionskin draped over his left shoulder and arm, his fisted left hand perhaps once holding his club, his right arm extending forward, perhaps once holding a kantharus, his head turned slightly to his right, with a full beard and short curly hair
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1987, lot 442.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, 1988, no. 18).
John W. Kluge, Charlottesville.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 539.
The John W. Kluge Morven Collection, Christie's, New York, 16 December 2005, lot 435.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, 1988, no. 18).
John W. Kluge, Charlottesville.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 539.
The John W. Kluge Morven Collection, Christie's, New York, 16 December 2005, lot 435.
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. 88-13.
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