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Depicting one of the Twelve Labours of Heracles. The nude hero in the center of an end panel, brandishing a club and flanked by two horned cattle.

h. 85.5 x w. 98 x d. 16 cm

80-100 AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex Lepine collection, 19th century
Property of M.M, acquired in 1975 from La Reine Margot gallery, Paris
With Royal-Athena Galleries, acquired on the Paris art market, April 2007
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 2nd May 2008, CPD11

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 19, fig. 33
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 108, fig. 74
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 53
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 46, fig. 39 and p. 94

Exhibitions

MACM Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, Mougins, France, since June 2011

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Roman Marble Relief of Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon

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