ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Intaglio with Youthful Hercules
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st Century CE
Credit LineGift of John and Pat Laszlo
Dimensions7/16 x 11/16 in. (1.1 x 1.7 cm)
Object number2017.053.007
Label TextA nude, youthful Hercules with short, curly hair stands in three-quarter back profile, facing left. He carries the lionskin over his right shoulder, a bow in his right hand and a club in his lowered left. Groundline. The stone has been reshaped.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - October 28, 2013
Published ReferencesParke-Bernet Galleries, New York, English & French Furniture, Continental Silver of the XVII-XVIII Century (March 8, 9, 10 and 11 1944), lot 150.
ProvenanceEx private collection, New York, New York, until March 8, 1944. With Brummer Gallery, New York, New York, purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 8, 1944, lot 150 (part). Sold by Brummer to Maxime Valley, New York, New York. Ex coll. Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York, New York, by 1964. Thence by descent.
Status
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mid 2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
late 2nd Century CE
early 1st Century BCE
late 1st Century BCE
Late 1st Century BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
second half of 1st Century CE
