Limestone Figure of Kneeling Herakles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Limestone figure of kneeling Herakles

Medium; Technique: Limestone

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Archaic

Date: late 6th or early 5th century B.C.

Dimensions: H. 28 in. (71.1 cm)

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.2500

On View


Description:

This very fine sculpture shows Herakles as an archer. He has a quiver and scabbard, and was probably shown drawing his bow. The scale and pose suggest that he originally stood in a pediment. The subject and treatment of the drapery clearly reflect Greek influence; indeed, the archer strongly recalls his counterpart in the west pediment of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina.

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