Sculpture
Votive
Object Number:
MS1615
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Provenience:
Italy (uncertain)
Etruria (uncertain)
Date Made:
4th century BC
Early Date:
-400
Late Date:
-300
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
Heracles
Description:
Votive Figurine (Hercules). Bronze. Etruscan workmanship under Greek influence. Wears lion's head over head with four paws knotted around neck and end of lion's skin over left arm. In right hand he holds a club.
Height:
14.2cm
Other Number:
| 994 | - | Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 238-239
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