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Historical Archive: Hercules (Herakles) black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and the Nemean lion, 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.02.9171 black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and the Nemean lion, 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.02.9171 black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and dancers at a banquet, or Dionysos with maenads, end of 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.00.2596 black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and dancers at a banquet, or Dionysos with maenads, end of 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.00.2596 Hercules from Rome, bronze, Etruscan 4th-3nd c. BCE, KM 0000.00.6710 Hercules? Belvedere Torso, Parian marble, mid 1st c. BCE Athens, Apollonios son of Nestor, Vat 1192. This work has its own page. Hercules, 1st c. BCE-2nd c. CE, MFAB Hercules and the Cretan bull, ivory, probably 1st c. CE, BM 1814/7-4/1652 1st c. intaglios in mid-19th c. gold ring, p.c., which has its own page Hercules, emerald intaglio, 1st-3rd c., BM 1865,0712.198 Hercules emerald with cm scale Hercules emerald, modern impression Hercules emerald in transmitted light Hercules from Herculaneum (bef. 79 CE), bronze, Louvre Br 32 Hercules and the Nemean lion, jasper intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26014, Bonner 109 Commodus (?) as Hercules, gilded copper alloy, 2nd c., said to be from Hadrian's Wall, BM 1895,0408.1 Commodus (?) as Hercules, profile Commodus (?) as Hercules, upper part Hercules urinating, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612 Claudius Gothicus (268-70) as Hercules, sard intaglio, BM 1867.5-7.322, Walters no. 2029 Claudius Gothicus (268-70) as Hercules, sard intaglio, BM 1867.5-7.322, Walters no. 2029 Claudius Gothicus (268-70) as Hercules, sard intaglio, BM 1867.5-7.322, Walters no. 2029 Herakles(?) playing lyre, Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. sorrowing Hercules; Hercules with Nemean lion: Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page with another sorrowing Hercules Hercules with Nemean lion and Iolaus: Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page Hercules or Alexander: Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page with more poss. Hercules ivory game piece, Hercules and the Erymanthian boar?, Cologne c.1150, UMMA 1987/1.262 ivory game piece, Hercules and the Erymanthian boar?, angled view of obverse, Cologne c.1150, UMMA 1987/1.262 ivory game piece, Hercules and the Erymanthian boar?, view from left, Cologne c.1150, UMMA 1987/1.262 Hercules and the Nemean lion with basilisk, banded agate cameo, 13th c., DO 62.38 Hercules and the Nemean lion with basilisk, upper part, banded agate cameo, 13th c., DO 62.38 Hercules and the Nemean lion with basilisk, lion, banded agate cameo, 13th c., DO 62.38 Hercules and the Nemean lion with basilisk, Hercules' face, banded agate cameo, 13th c., DO 62.38 Hercules/Fortitude/Judah: Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Hercules/Fortitude: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more views, in Pisa cathedral Hercules and Nemean lion, 1500-25, fossil coral cameo (stellaria stone), Florence MA 15891 Annibale Fontana, Hercules and Achelous, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel, obverse, c.1560-1570, WAM 41.71 Annibale Fontana, Hercules and Achelous, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel, engraved reverse detail, c.1560-1570, WAM 41.71 Annibale Fontana, Hercules Attacking the Lernean Hydra, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel, obverse, c.1560-1570, WAM 41.70 (Not yet digitized) Annibale Fontana, Hercules Attacking the Lernean Hydra, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel, engraved reverse detail, c.1560-1570, WAM 41.70 infant Hercules attacked by snake, ivory c.1660, Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, SF 52.6.4. For other views see SF. Hercules and Omphale, François Boucher 1732-34, Pushkin Ж 2764 related: Hercules club from Vienna, gold, 3rd c., KHM VIIa 20 related: Hercules clubs from Basel-Kleinhüningen grave 126, bone, Merovingian, HMB 1934. 250