Tag Archive for Hera

Female Statue

Inv. Scu 641 The figure has been restored as if it represented a Muse, with the addition of a theatre mask in her left hand and a flute in her right. These integrations are not good additions at all: the…

Ideal female head

Inv. Scu 10 The colossal head is a copy made to replace the original that can no longer be displayed due to conservation issues; it was mounted with the original neck in a modern bust and also shows numerous modern…

Young Hercules with snakes

Inv. Scu 247 The statuette shows a child who, seated on the ground, is struggling with two snakes. The work is inspired by an episode from the life of the infant Hercules: enraged because of Zeus’s adultery with Alcmene, Hera…