ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERAKLES

ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERAKLES

Standing naked except for his lion’s skin, forepaws knotted around his chest, rest wrapped over his left shouder and bent arm, his right one is raised for brandishing a now missing club

Ex priv. coll. A.B., Netherlands, acq. from Christies, London 1999.
H. 12 cm. Dark green patina. Mounted and intact.

5th – 3rd cent. BC

Cf. I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1991, no. 145; H.A.G. Brijder e.a., De Etrusken, Amsterdam 1989, fig. 156