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A Hercules Episode
(Renaissance Europe )
The scene is difficult to identify. On the left is a seated figure designated as ERCVLES, which is a type of Hercules that belongs to the glyptics and coins of the 5th century BC. The enameller may have copied it from an Etruscan gem. The figure on the right, getting braced for a fight, was possibly derived from another Etruscan intaglio depicting the start of the fight between Hercules and Cycnos, the son of Ares.
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Provenance
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Sale, Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, April 21, 1902 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 x W: 2 11/16 in. (4 x 6.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 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.
44.141