Collection place: Attica, Greece / Collector: Alfred Emerson / Person depicted: Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-35, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; Herakles and Cretan Bull, with three figures of Iolaos (?), each carrying a club and mantle; in field, suspended in foiliage, Herakles club and mantle (at 1.), his bow and quiver (at r.); above, four rows of dicing; below, two rows; on shoulder, tongues, complex of seven palmettes. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-3339, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; echinoid foot; plump cylindrical body; surface worn and pitted; on shoulder, red streak, short tongues, inverted lotus chain; Herakles stabs the Nemean Lion with a sword between two pairs of mantled youths, holding spears (leftmost figure completely eroded); Herakles’ club on ground, his mantle in field.