- Museum number
- C856
- Object
- Naked, bearded Hercules holding a club, bronze, Roman, 19thC A.D
- Description
- A small bronze statuette of Hercules, the bearded figure naked, drapery over left shoulderstanding on square base, right leg straight, left leg bent, right arm stretched forward, left arm lowered and stretched out, left hand holding a large club which is also supported by left shoulder, head turned slightly to the right, mounted on three-coloured square marble pedestalRoman, 2nd Century AD, the marble pedestal 19th century (for Holburne)Roman (Haynes, B.M.)
- Materials
- Bronze
- Inscription
- None
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Sculpture
- Subject
- Mythological
- Dimensions
- 6cm (d) x 12.5cm (h)
regular: 6.5cm (w)
Hercules
Roman
Bronze, 2nd century AD; marble base, nineteenth century
C856
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