Etruscan Herakles

Culture: Etruscan

Period: ca. 500 B.C.

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 9.2 cm high (without base)

Price: Sold

Ref: 4041

Provenance: Collection Dr. Gantenbein, Switzerland, from 1930s to 1980s. Thence Galerie Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter, Frankfurt. With certificate of Galerie Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter, inventory number 01466.

Condition: Left arm and both feet missing.

Description: Bronze statuette of Herakles in archaic style. A muscular body, the raised right hand once holding a club. The round head with large, almond-shaped eyes. A round cut hairstyle, parted by deep notches. Possibly the Nemean lion’s coat was swung over the left arm, which is missing today. Mounted on an old ivory base.