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Marble head of Herakles
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Marble head of Herakles

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Tags

Dimensions

H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Classification

Stone Sculpture

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Culture

Roman

Period

Imperial

Rights

Public Domain

About Lysippos

?–?Sicyon

Literary sources such as those of Pliny record the long and prolific career of Lysippos, one of the most famous Greek sculptors, and the greatest from the school at Sikyon. He began as a bronzesmith, and most of his statues were of bronze. None of his original works have survived, and his work is known only through Roman copies. Among his works are the famous portraits of Alexander the Great, to whom he was court sculptor.

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