id:			133100
accession number:	1955.50
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Herakles Epitrapezios (Hercules of the Table), 1-100. Italy, Roman, (Alexandrian?), 1st Century. Marble; overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.50

title:				Herakles Epitrapezios (Hercules of the Table)
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creation date:			1-100
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		100
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Roman, (Alexandrian?), 1st Century
technique:	marble
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
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The Roman poets Martial and Statius mention a bronze statuette made by the master Greek sculptor Lysippos. It depicted the Greek hero Herakles seated on a large rock and holding a drinking cup and was created for Alexander the Great, who carried it with him on his military campaigns; Alexander and his father, Philip, claimed Herakles as an ancestor. Later the work was acquired by the highly respected Roman art collector Novius Vindex. The statuette is called epitrapezios (on the table) because it was designed to be displayed on a tabletop. Many copies were made to meet the demand of Roman collectors, who revered classical Greek art as a singular standard of excellence. The Cleveland version is a high-quality Roman marble copy.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ridgway, B.S. " Roman Bronze Statuary--Beyond Technology," in C.C. Mattusch, (ed.), <em>The Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections</em>. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.
	page number: 	P. 132, Fig. 9.
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	Visscher, Fernand de. <em>Heracles Epitrapezios</em>. Paris: E.de Broccard, 1962.
	page number: 	P. 61, pl. XIV, fig. 4.
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	Bartman, Elizabeth. "Lysippos' Huge God in Small Shape." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 7 (1986): 298-311.
	page number: 	Figs. 1-4.
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159951.

	Bartman, Elizabeth. <em>Ancient Sculptural Copies in Miniature</em>. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992.
	page number: 	Pp. 157-173; cat. 3, Figs. 86-87.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 33
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n21

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