Limestone statuette of Herakles holding a lion

Limestone statuette of Herakles holding a lion

Description:

Figure with small lion climbing up left thigh.


Overall: 16 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (41.3 x 13.3 x 5.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

420 - 380 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXXXVII.575, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1097, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 318, p. 239, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2659