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Head of Herakles
Hellenistic Greek or Roman
Title
Head of Herakles
Artist
Unknown Artist (Hellenistic Greek or Roman)
Date
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Medium
marble
Dimensions
height: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1956.37
On View
On view
Provenance
With Italico Brass, Jr., dealer, Venice, by 1956;
His sale, through Harold Parsons, to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, February 14, 1956.
His sale, through Harold Parsons, to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, February 14, 1956.
Exhibition History
Ancient and Classic Arts, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, May 1964.
Published References
“Elvis’ of Ancient Greece Might Have Plunked Strings,” Sunday World-Herald, December 16, 1956, 10-B.
Dorothy Burgess, “Beauty and Timelessness in Greek Sculpture,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, February 1, 1962, 36.
Dorothy Burgess, “Beauty and Timelessness in Greek Sculpture,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, February 1, 1962, 36.
