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statuette
1650/1675
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Statuette; pearwood; Hercules and Achelous; Hercules with beard, clothed only in lion's skin, face of which is over his head; arms clasped around waist of Achelous, whose left arm is also in his grip, his club thus hanging uselessly; Achelous is clean-shaven with short hair and entirely naked; ox hide on ground, previously worn by Achelous.
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Details
- Title: statuette
- Date Created: 1650/1675
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 29.80cm (without stand); Diameter: 13.20cm (base); Width: 14.60cm; Weight: 1338.00g
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: carved
- Subject: mammal; myth/legend; arms/armour; classical deity
- Registration number: WB.262
- Production place: Made in Austria
- Material: pear wood
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm. Previous owner/ex-collection Rothschild, Anselm von
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