Harvard Art Museums > 1960.450: Torso of Herakles, copy after a Greek original Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Torso of Herakles, copy after a Greek original , 1960.450,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291237. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.450 Title Torso of Herakles, copy after a Greek original Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1st-3rd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291237 Physical Descriptions Medium Dolomitic marble, probably from Thasos Dimensions 34.5 x 23 x 13 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.450 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 199059 Weary Herakles The head and lower legs are missing. The head and neck are broken away irregularly, as are all of the right arm, the right leg across the upper thigh, and the left leg across the middle of the thigh. This is a Roman version of one of the statues associated with Lysippos, a figure grasping a club in the left hand and wearing a lionskin like a cloak over the left shoulder and arm. The right hand (all of the right arm is gone) presumably held the apples of the Hesperides against the right rear buttock. Among the many copies and variants of Weary Herakles, rustic examples such as this have been found in Gaul, western Germany, North Africa, and Asia Minor. A section of an Attic relief of the Roman Imperial period in Leiden show a Herakles of this type, grasping his club in similar fashion. The whole figure is in mirror reversal, as happens more than once with Weary Herakles in Roman art, both in decorative statues and reliefs in architectural settings. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 27, no. 214 Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 77, no. 59 Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 Ancient Installation at Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, 09/30/2013 - 01/26/2015 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
