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Comic Actor as standing Herakles
Greek
Late Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.8014
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionA popular figures in comedy Herakles is identified by his lion cape, his bow and quiver. It appears his legs were crossed, pot bellied, added costume with phallos, which also characterizes him as a well known type favored in Middle and New Comedy--his gluttony and love of wine made him comical
Broken at mid-thigh.
Broken at mid-thigh.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: from the Kabireion.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901