Abstract

Della statua in terracotta di Eracle conservata nel Museo d’Arte rimane la testa coperta dalla leonté e parte del busto. La provenienza dell'opera è sconosciuta, ma il suo inquadramento stilistico e formale suggerisce una datazione entro la metà del IV secolo a.C. e un’attribuzione a ambiente etrusco-laziale. L’insieme della fronte ampia, del mento pronunciato nel quale si inscrivono tratti del volto di dimensioni contenute e la leonté simile più a un elmo sembrano distaccare questa particolare apoteosi dalle altre finora note. The head covered by the lionskin, and part of the bust are what remains of the terracotta statue of Heracles preserved in the Art Museum. The provenience of the work is unknown, but its stylistic and formal details suggest an attribution to an Etrusco-Latial environment of the fourth century BCE. The combination of the broad forehead with the pronounced chin, in which are inscribed facial features of smaller dimensions, and the helmet-like lionskin seem to distinguish this particular apotheosis from the others known so far.

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