Tools and Equipment4th-1st century BCE

Relief Herm of Herakles (?)

4th-1st century BCE

Description

Traces of red pigment.

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Terracotta, traces of paint

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.1 x 4.5 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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