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Plaque with Herakles
This rectangular plaque depicts a nude Herakles (Hercules) standing frontally with the lion-skin from the Nemean lion draped over one arm. His proper right hand is resting on his club.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 × W: 2 in. (7.78 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
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.
71.4