Torso of Herakles
Torso of Herakles
3D
Published 2018-12-19T17:53:21+00:00
This is an ancient sculpture depicting Heracles, born Alcaeus, a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon He was a great-grandson and half-brother (as they are both sired by the god Zeus) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae, and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman emperors, in particular, Commodus and Maximian, often identified themselves. The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well.
| Date published | 19/12/2018 |
| Title | Torso of Herakles |
| Date | 2nd century AD |
| Dimension | 62cm x 30cm x 20cm |
| Accession | Lot 27 at the price of 48,000£ at Masterpiece London |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Former English private collection. Bonhams London , 21 April 2005 sale, lot 205. Former private collection of a Gentleman in Western London |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Masterpiece London |
