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Hercules at the stake

Lost Art-ID
612486
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Title
Hercules at the stake
Dating
201/215 AD
Object type
Relief
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Marble
Height
60.00 cm
Width
30.00 cm
Inventory number
99.084
Description
Fragment of a sarcophagus front; A nude man (Heracles) lying lifeless on already burning logs, behind him a person with a torch in his lowered right hand
Provenance
From the Barone/Naples collection; lost during the war 1943.
Literature / Source
Arachne-ID: 1106746; G. Francke, Annali dell'Instituto (1879) 58-62, Taf. E.2 (Zeichnung); O. Benndorf, AA (1866) 278 (Nr. 10); S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grècque et romaine II (1897) 66.5 ("Heracles sur le bûcher"); J. D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting (1947) 104.10
Published since
Contact
Dr. Jörn Lang
Antikenmuseum, Kustos
E-Mail
joern.lang@uni-leipzig.de
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