A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF HERCULES
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF HERCULES

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF HERCULES
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Standing with his weight on his left leg, a slight twist to the body, with well-defined pectorals and abdominal muscles, wearing the Nemean lion-skin tied around his neck and draped over his shoulders and left arm
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high
Provenance
New York art market, prior to 1972.
Van der Berge collection, Belgium, 1972.
with Stolper Gallery, Munich, 1982.

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For a similar treatment of musculature and lion skin, cf. G. Capecchi, L'Archivio Storico Fotografico di Stefano Bardini: Arte Greca Etrusca Romana, Florence, 1993, no. 42.

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