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Statuette of Hercules

Ancient Roman · Mid–late 1st century

Provenance

Ownership history

Possibly ex-collection Edward H. Merrin Gallery 1977 [according to notes in curatorial file]; sold to B.C. Holland of Objects Inc., Chicago, by June 5, 1978 [receipt no. 36220 in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, Myth and Legend in Classical Art, Gallery 101A, March 1, 1987-August 31, 1987.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Human Figure in Greek and Roman Art: From the Permanent Collection, January 13–February 21, 1990, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections, March 3–September 16, 1990, cat. 22.
Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012-April 7, 2023.

Literature

Published references

Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Classical Art: Greek. Roman, Etruscan, sale cat. (New York, 1977), cover lot and p. 31 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report: 1978-79 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), p. 35.
Art Institute of Chicago, Mosaic: March/April 1987 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1987), p. 6.
Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 22.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III, Roman Art, Museum Studies: Ancient Art at The Art Institute of Chicago 20, no. 1 (1994), pp. 69-70, cat. 46 (ill.). 46.
Karen Alexander, "The New Galleries of Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," Minerva vol. 5, no. 3 (May/June, 1994), p. 33, fig. 10.
<a href=https://archive.artic.edu/cleo><em>Cleopatra: A Multi-Media Guide to the Ancient World</em></a> (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1997).
Cornelius Vermeule, "Roman Provincial Coins: The Statues in the Temples and Shrines," The Celator 16, 15 (January, 2002), pp. 8, 10, fig. 3A.
Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 33, 39.
Sandra E. Knudsen, “Cat. 143 Statuette of Hercules: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
John Twilley, “Cat. 143 Statuette of Hercules: Technical Report,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).

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