Re-Carved Colossal Head of Hercules
This large marble head, possibly from an over-life-sized sculpture of Hercules, was excavated near the Florence baptistery and adapted and partly recarved to fit a medieval sculpture. Differences in the drill marks on the beard and the hair (those in the hair are finer and dee...
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Sculpture
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6852
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sculpture
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normalized
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Arthur Sambon, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, June 9, 1949, Pt. III, no. 558; Walters Art Museum, June 9, 1949, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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7
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import
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Romanesque
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.533_3Qtr_NF_H59.jpg |
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.533_3Qtr_NF_H59.jpg |
| imageCount | 7 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.533 |
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