/internal/media/dispatcher/839296/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFigurine of Herakles shooting his bowabout 550 B.C.Overall: 6.7 × 1.6 × 6.9 cm (2 5/8 × 5/8 × 2 11/16 in.)BronzeHenry Lillie Pierce Fund98.6571Ornament from the rim of a vessel (?); the place of attachment on the left side shows that the figure was to be seen in profile to the right and was applied to a curved surface. Herakles is in the archaic running, kneeling posture. The hero is bearded and wears a tight-fitting cloth cap (or his hair in a rolled fillet) and a small cuirass with cloth belt around the waist. His lion's skin is worn as a tunic under the cuirass, the animal's head coming down on the right thigh and the paws on the left. Right arm and hand, and part of bow-string missing. Dark greenish brown patina.Sculpture6.70000000001.600000000015266601