Rear of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt
Marble.Upper register: modern work imitating the composition of the front panel (17th cent.).
Lower register: 160 CE.
100 × 235 cm. Inv. No. 95.Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room IIPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Rear of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt.
Marble.
Upper register: modern work imitating the composition of the front panel (17th cent.).
Lower register: 160 CE.
100 × 235 cm.
Upper register: modern work imitating the composition of the front panel (17th cent.).
Lower register: 160 CE.
100 × 235 cm.
Inv. No. 95.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II
(Roma, Museo e Galleria di Villa Borghese, Sala II).
Literature:
P. Moreno, Ch. Stefani. The Borghese Gallery. Touring Club, Milan. 2015. P. 96.
Peter F. B. Jongste. The Twelve Labours of Hercules on Roman Sarcophagi. Roma, 1992. P. 117—118.
Peter F. B. Jongste. The Twelve Labours of Hercules on Roman Sarcophagi. Roma, 1992. P. 117—
Credits:
© 2017. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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