MARBLE SCULPTURE OF HERCULES WITH THE APPLES OF THE HESPERIDES, 14 cm height, inv.no. 996/R

MARBLE SCULPTURE OF HERCULES WITH THE APPLES OF THE HESPERIDES, 14 cm height, inv.no. 996/R

Fragmented representation of the god Hercules with apples from the garden of the Hesperides. The god’s right hand has been preserved, with the lion’s skin slung over him and three apples in his closed fist. The lion’s skin is modeled in great detail, with carefully sculpted lion’s head, claws and phalanges of the fingers, which shows the high quality of the sculpture. Fragmented composition of Hercules with the apples of the Hesperides from Mediana was created after the Farnese Hercules type of representations and is dated to the middle of the 4th century.

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