The Hope Herakles (Hercules)

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The Hope Herakles (Hercules)

Rome (?), Roman, 2nd- or 3rd-century copy after a Greek original of circa 370–350 B.C. by Skopas
Sculpture
Marble
79 × 22 × 19 in. (200.66 × 55.88 × 48.26 cm) Height: 76 1/2 in. (194.31 cm) Weight: 975 lb. (442.3 kg)
William Randolph Hearst Collection (50.33.22)
Greek, Roman and Etruscan Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  West Germany:  Bruder Hartmann, 1965.

  • Levkoff, Mary. "Hearst and the Antique." Apollo 168, no.558 (October 2008): 52-60.