Torso and Right Leg of Hercules
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century - 3rd century
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek island marble
Dimensions74.6 cm (29 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12w13
eMuseum ID718222
EmbARK ObjectID13441
TMS Source ID2373
Last Updated10/31/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 154. (Graeco-Roman, after the Greek Transitional style of 480-450 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 19, no. 23. (Graeco-Roman, perhaps a Roman portrait of ruler as Hercules, copy of a Greek work of about 450 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 19, no. 23. (Graeco-Roman, perhaps a Roman portrait of ruler as Hercules, copy of a Greek work of about 450 BCE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
