Sculpture
Votive
MS1615
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS1615 |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria (uncertain) |
Date Made | 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Heracles |
Description | Votive Figurine (Hercules). Bronze. Etruscan workmanship under Greek influence. Wears lion's head over head with four paws knotted around neck and end of lion's skin over left arm. In right hand he holds a club. |
Height | 14.2 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
Other Number | 994 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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