Lot no. 130
MARBLE RELIEF DEPICTING HERACLES AND THE OXEN OF GERYONS Roman art, 1st century AD Fragmentary relief, most likely the side wall of a sarcophagus tank, depicting the naked hero Hercules brandishing his club, his fully extended body holding the horn of one of two oxen in his left hand. Missing. Size: 85.5 x 98 x 16 cm Provenance: Former Lépine collection, 19th century M.M Collection, acquired from Reine Margot, Paris, 1975 Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 19, fig. 33 J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 108, fig. 74 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 53 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 46, fig. 39 and p. 94 A Roman marble fragmentary relief of Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon, 1st century A.D.
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11/18/2025
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