Scarab with Herakles Holding a Club and a Bow Set in a Swivel Ring
This scarab bears an image of the hero Herakles moving toward the left carved in intaglio. Herakles wears the skin of the Nemean lion pulled over his head. He holds a bow in his right hand and a club in his left, raised over his head and ready to strike. Gems were used as seal...
Artifact
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13970
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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provenance
Hoffmann collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 14; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.158_Back_DD_T08.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.158_Back_DD_T08.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.158_Back_DD_T08.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.158 |
Terms
Medium
green jasper; mount: gold