Herakles
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Carrara in northwest Italy
Dimensions44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number88.350
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1888: purchased by R. Lanciani from Augusto Valenzi (origin said to be Rome); purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1888, for $491.89 (this is the total purchase price for MFA 88.346–530)
1st or 2nd century A.D.
late 1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D.
2nd century A.D. or 19th century
1st–2nd century A.D.
30 B.C.–A.D. 70
1st–2nd century A.D.
late 2nd century A.D., based on Hellenistic Greek work of 2nd century B.C.
probably first half of the 1st century B.C.
about A.D. 125–175