ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Statuette of Weary Herakles

AAT Object Form/Functionstatuettes (free-standing sculpture)

Place CreatedGreece, Europe

CultureRoman

PeriodImperial

Date1st-2nd Century CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions6 x 19 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (15.2 x 49.5 x 19.7 cm)

Object number1995.002

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 1995 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - September 30, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesCasa di Vendite G. Tavazzi, Rome, Collezioni Simonetti: quadri, mobili e oggetti d'arte (25 Aprile al 6 Maggio 1932), number 242, Tav. n. 83.
Annie-Nicolette Zadoks-Jitta, "Lysippos and Herakles: A Re-Assessment," in Lysippe et son influence, ed. Jacques Chamay and Jean-Louis Maier (Geneva: Association Hellas et Roma, 1987), 101-04, plate 28, numbers 80-81.
Paolo Moreno, Lisippo: l'arte e la fortuna (Milano: Fabbri, 1995), 352ff, number 6.10.7a.
"The Buyers and The Givers of 1995," The Art Newspaper 55 (January 1996): 12.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 64.
Jacques Chamay, Ceramiques de Grande Grece et autres antiquities: Pierre Sciclounoff, collectionneur et mecene, 1926-1997 (Geneve: Editions Slatkine, 2021), 214-217.

ProvenanceEx coll. Attilio Simonetti (1843-1925), Rome, Italy. Thence by descent. With Casa di vendite Guido Tavazzi, April 25-May 6, 1932, number 242. Ex coll. Pierre Sciclounoff (1926-1997), Geneva, Switzerland, from late 1960s. Purchased by MCCM from Sciclounoff through Christoph Leon.

Status

On view

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