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Herakles strangling two snakes
Herakles strangling two snakes

Herakles strangling two snakes

about A.D. 140–190
Medium/TechniqueThasian marble
DimensionsStone (white marble sculpture): 45.1 x 35.9 x 75.6 cm (17 3/4 x 14 1/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Case (painted wooden base): 84.1 x 66.4 x 66 cm (33 1/8 x 26 1/8 x 26 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg
Accession number1993.144
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1990: with Hesperia Arts Auction, Ltd., 29 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 (Hesperia Arts auction, November 27, 1990, The Park Lane Hotel, 36 Central Park South, New York, NY, lot 78); purchased at the Hesperia Arts auction by Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg, Royal-Athena Galleries, 153 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 (Art of the Ancient World, January 1992, no. 20); gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg to MFA, April 21, 1993