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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Statuette of Herakles Resting
Alternate Title:
Hercules Resting
Image View:
Overall three-quarter view from the right (black background added)
Creator:
style of Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Ancient Greek) sculptor
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 30575
Location Note:
Viale Teocrito, 66
GPS:
37.0764 15.2864
Date:
ca. 250-220 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Late Classical
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble; traces of red pigment
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
50 cm (height)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character); statuette
Description:
Found in the Lo Bello cave, 1909; a man-made cave or grotto north of the township of Santa Lucia near the Achradina slope. Discovered with it were lion-headed waterspouts, also in the museum. The statue is clearly influenced by Lysippus' works, especially the Agias statue. The reduced size of this work was suitable for an art collection object, or a votive statue in a small temple. [Information from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-AMA-HR-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statuette of Herakles Resting