Marble relief: Heracles in a fight for the tripus

Classification

relief

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 21 cm

Date

1st century B.C.

Period

Flavian Dynasty (69–96)

Material

marble analysis ; Pentelic marble

Iconography

Hercules ; lion ; animal hide ; club

Production place

Roman Empire

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4798

Hyp-3882

References

Hekler 1929, 108, no. 98; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 149; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 171–172

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

Trails

Myths of gods and heroes

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.