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Graeco-Roman art.
thinks of an Attic artist in the beginning of the 4th cent. B. C.
blending Attic and Polycleitan traditions. V. H. Poulsen has
demonstrated a stylistic connection with the so-called Alci-
biades type (see No. 435 a).
Particularly interesting is the pose itself, for Heracles once
leaned on his club, the end of which can be seen below the
left armpit, whereas the shaft was supported by the substant-
ial puntello from the left thigh. This makes the statue a
curious forerunner of the Lysippic type of Heracles, best
known from the Farnese Heracles, (Br. Br. 285).
Billedtavler pl. XVIII. Studniczka, Oest. Jahresh. II 1899 p. 193 note 16.
P. Herrmann: Verzeichnis der ant. Bildwerke in Dresden, 1925 No. 92. Bulle,
text of Br. Br. 554. Reinach: Rep. Stat. IV 129,7 and 130,2. Br. Br. 734. V. H.
Poulsen, Acta Arch. XV 1944 p. 63 seqq. figs. 1-4. The head at Boston 1. c.
figs. 5-6. Walter Muller: Die griechische Kunst p. 272. Cf. Buschor: Maus-
sollos und Alexander p. 49.
251. (I. N. 1287). Heracles. Head. M.
H. from beard to crown 0.29. The nose and neck restored in plaster:
Acquired in 1895 from Frascati.
The head is a replica of the one on No. 250. There
are much better reproductions of this head, the best being in
Boston (Br. Br. 735). A head in the Villa Albani (Arndt-
Amelung 4356-7) is undoubtedly a better copy of the original
too.
Billedtavler pl. XVIII. Br. Br. text of pl. 734-35 p. 16 fig. 4. Arndt-Ame-
lung 4162-64 (Fr. Poulsen) and text of 4355-57 (Lippold). Other replicas of
the head referred to by V. H. Poulsen, Acta Arch. XV 1944 p. 64.
251a. (I. N. 2560). Bearded Heracles. Head. M.
H. 0.31. The nose, upper lip, parts of the hair, the ear and beard
knocked off. Acquired in 1910 from Rome.
The shape of the head, the stylization of the hair and the
beard in short curls, the manner in which the lower part
of the brow protrudes, and the heavy eyelids and the large
lachrymal pits at the root of the nose are all features that
recur in the works of Myron. There are several replicas:
a head in London and statuettes in Madrid, Oxford and
Boston, of a Myronic bearded Heracles, a restful, standing
figure which was much in favour and reproduced on gems,
reliefs etc. But however close the Glyptotek head may be
to this type, it cannot be a replica properly so-called, for
on the right side of the head and on the top there are
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thinks of an Attic artist in the beginning of the 4th cent. B. C.
blending Attic and Polycleitan traditions. V. H. Poulsen has
demonstrated a stylistic connection with the so-called Alci-
biades type (see No. 435 a).
Particularly interesting is the pose itself, for Heracles once
leaned on his club, the end of which can be seen below the
left armpit, whereas the shaft was supported by the substant-
ial puntello from the left thigh. This makes the statue a
curious forerunner of the Lysippic type of Heracles, best
known from the Farnese Heracles, (Br. Br. 285).
Billedtavler pl. XVIII. Studniczka, Oest. Jahresh. II 1899 p. 193 note 16.
P. Herrmann: Verzeichnis der ant. Bildwerke in Dresden, 1925 No. 92. Bulle,
text of Br. Br. 554. Reinach: Rep. Stat. IV 129,7 and 130,2. Br. Br. 734. V. H.
Poulsen, Acta Arch. XV 1944 p. 63 seqq. figs. 1-4. The head at Boston 1. c.
figs. 5-6. Walter Muller: Die griechische Kunst p. 272. Cf. Buschor: Maus-
sollos und Alexander p. 49.
251. (I. N. 1287). Heracles. Head. M.
H. from beard to crown 0.29. The nose and neck restored in plaster:
Acquired in 1895 from Frascati.
The head is a replica of the one on No. 250. There
are much better reproductions of this head, the best being in
Boston (Br. Br. 735). A head in the Villa Albani (Arndt-
Amelung 4356-7) is undoubtedly a better copy of the original
too.
Billedtavler pl. XVIII. Br. Br. text of pl. 734-35 p. 16 fig. 4. Arndt-Ame-
lung 4162-64 (Fr. Poulsen) and text of 4355-57 (Lippold). Other replicas of
the head referred to by V. H. Poulsen, Acta Arch. XV 1944 p. 64.
251a. (I. N. 2560). Bearded Heracles. Head. M.
H. 0.31. The nose, upper lip, parts of the hair, the ear and beard
knocked off. Acquired in 1910 from Rome.
The shape of the head, the stylization of the hair and the
beard in short curls, the manner in which the lower part
of the brow protrudes, and the heavy eyelids and the large
lachrymal pits at the root of the nose are all features that
recur in the works of Myron. There are several replicas:
a head in London and statuettes in Madrid, Oxford and
Boston, of a Myronic bearded Heracles, a restful, standing
figure which was much in favour and reproduced on gems,
reliefs etc. But however close the Glyptotek head may be
to this type, it cannot be a replica properly so-called, for
on the right side of the head and on the top there are
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