Title

Statue of Heracles as a Boy, second half of 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Statue of Heracles as a Boy, second half of 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the late 4th century BC. According to Greek mythology, Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alemene, was the greatest of the Greek heroes. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

150th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_355

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1,8Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3421 x 5132 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy people childhood male boy boys child children face head religious stone arts country youth Rome religion body statue sculpture art color colour Greek Greece deity God Roman location century concept mythology hero head and shoulders goddess heroic heroism Hercules Herakles Ancient Greece Greek mythology Ancient Greek 2nd century 4th century BC TGN the body portrait Unknown marble Heracles The Art Collector marble portrait