Main Site
Gandhara Connections
Corpus Vasorum
Menu
Search
Main Site Gandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

Back to photograph folder

167, Head of Herakles (Lysippan).

Image

[View larger image][Add to photograph album]

  • Record Number: 40004818
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 167
  • Period of Original Gem: 2nd/1st cent. BC.
  • Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
  • Description: Head of Herakles (Lysippan).
  • Last Recorded Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.1012
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 291
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 167
  • Size: 26x19
  • Comments: Set in a gold mount, scrolls on the back; the upper part of the intaglio restored in gold.
Image Image Image Image

Last updated 22/04/2024 16:56:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/50479368-A314-4F04-959A-BEB3EDDC4984

My photograph albums
Site map Copyright Accessibility Privacy statement Contact us
CARC
CARC on Facebook
Join mailing list
Gandhara Connections
Gandhara Connections on Facebook
Gandhara Connections on Twitter
Join mailing list
Back to top