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Warrior of Capestrano
Ercole Curino
Heracles Epitrapezios
A statue of a civilian from Foruli
Statue of discophorus with head portrayed by Foruli
Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli
Zeus
Portrait by Alba Fucens
Male portrait by Alba Fucens
Osiris standing mummiform
Three-disc cuirass
Bronze fibula
Campovalano boots
Cooking pan
Be
Ring
Tables patronage di Amiternum
Bronze macaw
in Antef (n. 2)
in Antef (n. 1)
Face
Without title
Warrior of Capestrano
Ercole Curino
Heracles Epitrapezios
A statue of a civilian from Foruli
Statue of discophorus with head portrayed by Foruli
Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli
Zeus
Portrait by Alba Fucens
Male portrait by Alba Fucens
Osiris standing mummiform
Three-disc cuirass
Bronze fibula
Campovalano boots
Cooking pan
Be
Ring
Tables patronage di Amiternum
Bronze macaw
in Antef (n. 2)
in Antef (n. 1)
Face
Without title

Ercole Curino

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MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

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One of the most sensational finds from the sanctuary of Hercules Curino in Sulmona is represented by the small bronze statue of Heracles , found in the excavations of the temple on the upper terrace together with the equally small marble statue of Hercules Cubans . The hero with the muscular body of an athlete is represented in mature age, standing, with a thick bristly beard, leaning on the club from which the leontè hangs, his left arm abandoned, while the right is bent behind his back to support the lost apples of the Hesperides, probably in gold. The head could have been surrounded by a crown of silver fronds also lost. Further color effects were achieved by the rendering of the eyes with the enamel and also thanks to the same casting technique, with lost wax, in which the copper content was higher in the areas destined to take on a different color (lips, nipples).
The extraordinary testimony offered by the bronzetto consists in faithfully reproducing, in small dimensions (39 cm high), a work by Lysippos (4th century BC), known from three iconographic types and from numerous replicas. Among these, the Heracles of Sulmona can be considered among those of the highest quality, "an author's replica" which could also date back to the third century. B.C
The circular base, in a different bronze alloy, bears the inscription in silver agemina: M (arcus) Attius Peticius Marsus v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito). The dedication, dated to the first years of the first century. AD, documents the gift to Heracles by a character belonging to the gens Peticia , known from the Augustan age for commercial traffic in the Mediterranean and attested by inscriptions in the Peligna area from the 1st century BC. BC up to the fourth century. AD The bronze statue dedicated by Peticio Marso is therefore configured as a gift that is all the more precious as it is an "antique" of excellent workmanship.
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Title: Ercole Curino

Author: Anonymous

Date: s.d.

Technique: Bronze

Displayed in: MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

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