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Unknown, Statuette of Hercules
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Unknown

Statuette of Hercules

2nd century A.D.

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
6.4 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-219032

Small scale figure of Hercules, exhausted by his final labor (the “weary Hercules” or “Farnese” type). The muscular hero has deep set eyes and a furrowed brow, with his head bent forward and drooping to the left. His right hand is held behind his back, clutching the apples of the Hesperides. The statuette is missing the left arm, the club on which Hercules would be propping himself up, as well as the right leg below the knee and the left foot. Much of the left side of the back has also splintered away.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California

Registry history

  • 2nd century A.D. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture

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