Marble relief fragment with the torso of a Hesperid holding apples
Copy of a Greek marble relief of about 420–410 B.C.
This relief showed Herakles in the garden of the Hesperides receiving the golden apples that brought immortality. The original was one of four famous reliefs that probably decorated the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora.
This relief showed Herakles in the garden of the Hesperides receiving the golden apples that brought immortality. The original was one of four famous reliefs that probably decorated the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble relief fragment with the torso of a Hesperid holding apples
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble, Pentelic
- Dimensions: H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.); width 13 in. (33.0 cm.); depth 4 in. (10.2 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.139.21
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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