Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statuette of Herakles Resting
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statuette of Herakles Resting
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Alternate Title:
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Hercules Resting
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front (black background added)
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Creator:
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style of Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Ancient Greek) sculptor
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 30575
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Location Note:
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Viale Teocrito, 66
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GPS:
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+37.0764+15.2864
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Date:
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ca. 250-220 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Greek
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Style Period:
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Late Classical
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble; traces of red pigment
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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50 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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human figure; mythology (Classical); Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character); statuette
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Description:
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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.]
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-G-AMA-HR-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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