Fragment of a limestone group of Herakles, Iolaos, and the Hydra

Fragment of a limestone group of Herakles, Iolaos, and the Hydra

Description:

The plinth is broken on one side. It preserves two fragmentary bodies of snakes, one of which has zigzag scales. A sandaled foot stands on one of the tails and the right hand of the figure cuts the other tail with a sickle (harpe). The foot of a second figure stands on the end of the plinth.


Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (6 x 8.6 x 17.5 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

510 - 490 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1108, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1990. Vol. 5: Herakles-Kenchrias. "Herakles (Cypri)," p. 195, no. 29, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 308, p. 233, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2745