id:			153683
accession number:	1987.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.2
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:01.045000

Hercules, c. 30 BCE–20 CE. Italy, Rome, Early Imperial period. Bronze with silver and copper inlays; overall: 14.5 x 8 cm (5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.2

title:				Hercules
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creation date:			c. 30 BCE–20 CE
creation date earliest:		-35
creation date latest:		25
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Rome, Early Imperial period
technique:	bronze with silver and copper inlays
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 14.5 x 8 cm (5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Basel Antiques Fair, Basel, Switzerland (April 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-04-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Herakles, Passage of the Hero</em>, Bard College, NY (Spring 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 8, 1989)', 'opening_date': '1988-11-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Switzerland
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	Robert Haber & Associates, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P., David Gordon Mitten, et al. <em>The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
	page number: 	pp. 323-326, cat. 61 (J.J. Herrmann, Jr.).
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	<em>Poster and Invitation</em>, Basel Fair, 1985.
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	Warner, Marina "Antiques: Gods and Goddesses", <em>Architectural Digest</em>, Vol. 43 (October 1986).
	page number: 	p. 208
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	Uhlenbrock, Jaimee Pugliese, and Karl Galinsky.<em> Herakles: Passage of the Hero Through 1000 Years of Classical Art</em>. New Rochelle, N.Y.: A.D. Caratzas, 1986.
	page number: 	frontispiece
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n27

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IMAGES

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