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An Italic Bronze Figure of Herakles, circa 2nd/1st Century B.C.
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description
- An Italic Bronze Figure of Herakles
- Height 11 1/4 in. 28.6 cm.
standing with the weight on his right leg and holding a drinking cup in his extended hand, the separately cast lion skin on his left forearm and club in his right hand now missing, his short hair bound in a fillet.
Provenance
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Monnaies d'or, antiquités nationales et préhistoriques, March 20th, 1970, no. 135, pl. VII
Galerie Serres, Paris
Catalogue Note
For a related bronze example of the Herakles Bibax, or Drunken Herakles, see O. Palagia, "Herakles," LIMC, vol. IV, p. 766, no. 770; the author notes that "the drinking cup... recalls Herakles' association with Dionysos and his participation at divine banquets and hence immortality."