Lot 2804
Superbly Patinated Bronze of a Youthful Herakles. Etruscan or Italiote, late 5th-4th century BC. Herakles modeled as a youth, nude, with hair in relatively short ringlets and lacking a beard. Overall the figure is slim, the musculature on the torso soft and rounded, and sensitively modeled. He holds an object in his left hand, likely a snake (fragmentary) which he is about to club (missing) with his raised right hand. Draped over his left arm, the pelt of the Nemean lion. Left foot also absent, otherwise bronze splendidly preserved with a marvelous green patina. Comes with custom plexiglass stand. Height: 4-1/8". Cf. Adam, Bronzes Etrusques et Itailques (Bibliothèque Nationale), p. 184, no. 279. A fine example of this subject which was particularly popular with the Etruscans.
Estimated Value $1,850-UP.
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