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Herakles
3rd-2nd century BCE or modern (Hellenistic or modern)
bronze
Shown as a beardless youth, Herakles (Hercule) is nude, with the Nemean lion skin wrapped around one arm. His upraised right arm would have held his club. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, by purchase (his no. 11); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Measurements
Overall: 6 5/16 in. (16.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Masarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1007