1943.1248.14: Head of Hercules
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1248.14
- People
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Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
- Title
- Head of Hercules
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, relief
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/143611
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White jasperware head on pink ground
- Technique
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- sight: 2.1 x 1.7 x 1 cm (13/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; [through Cooper and Griffith, New York] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1248.14
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Hercules in right profile, his club visible behind his neck.
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