ECL-Bn.14:59-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:59-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Two Reliefs: Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Two reliefs, one above the other on a wall showing a few tufts of grass.
a. On left bearded Hercules stands holding his club in his right hand, with his skin slung round his neck and down his back. He stretches out his left hand to the draped Hesperid, who stands on right holding a cluster of apples and leaves. She stands at the foot of a tree round which a snake is entwined. At top left is a Greek inscription. Beneath in the frame is the inscription:
Hercules cum Hesperide Anagninus
b. Bearded Hercules, nude except for a large fig leaf and a cloak over his shoulder, stands on left astride the legs of a half-draped Hesperid, who lies asleep at the foot of a tree on right. The snake is coiled round the trunk. Hercules stretches up to pick fruit from the tree. At the top left is a Greek inscription.
Beneath in the frame is the inscription: Hercules cum Hesperide Beneventanus
Inscribed top right 27, lower right D2
a. On left bearded Hercules stands holding his club in his right hand, with his skin slung round his neck and down his back. He stretches out his left hand to the draped Hesperid, who stands on right holding a cluster of apples and leaves. She stands at the foot of a tree round which a snake is entwined. At top left is a Greek inscription. Beneath in the frame is the inscription:
Hercules cum Hesperide Anagninus
b. Bearded Hercules, nude except for a large fig leaf and a cloak over his shoulder, stands on left astride the legs of a half-draped Hesperid, who lies asleep at the foot of a tree on right. The snake is coiled round the trunk. Hercules stretches up to pick fruit from the tree. At the top left is a Greek inscription.
Beneath in the frame is the inscription: Hercules cum Hesperide Beneventanus
Inscribed top right 27, lower right D2
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 473mm
width (actual size): 355mm
width (actual size): 355mm
Inscription
See Description:
a. Hercules cum Hesperide Anagninus
b. Hercules cum Hesperide Beneventanus
a. Hercules cum Hesperide Anagninus
b. Hercules cum Hesperide Beneventanus
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)