id:			161695
accession number:	2000.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.6
updated:		2025-07-03 20:49:18.914000

Statuette of Herakles, 510–500 BCE. Greek. Bronze (solid cast); overall: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2000.6

title:				Statuette of Herakles
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creation date:			510–500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-510
creation date latest:		-500
current location:		102B Greek
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Greek
technique:	bronze (solid cast)
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ernest Ascher Collection; acquired by Jacques Chalmin in the early 1960s; sold by Jean-Luc Chalmin
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Ancient Greek Statuette Among First Acquisitions of Reid’s Tenure as Director,” March 17, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4321

	Bennett, Michael, "An Ancient Sports Celebrity", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 40 no. 09, November 2000
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2000-09/page/6

	May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	p. 15, no. 10.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	pp. 32-33 (M. Bennett).
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	Corriveau, B. "The Art of Sport: A look at the Olympics, athletes, and art in the galleries." <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>52.4 (July-August 2012): 24-25.
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	url:		https://www.clevelandart.org/articles/art-sport

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Frederick E. Bidwell, and Leslie Cade. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 2014.
	page number: 	p. 80
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	Pevnick, Seth. "Ancient Artworks Echo the Origins of the Olympic Games," <em>Medium </em>(July 2021).
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	url:		https://medium.com/cma-thinker/ancient-artworks-echo-the-the-origins-of-the-olympic-games-23ceaf9bc37c

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