35 ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE OF HERAKLES SLAYING THE LERNEAN HYDRA. The hero’s second labor was to slay this serpent with nine heads, one of which was indestructible. He acomplished this by bashing off the heads with his club as seen here. His companion Iolaus would then burn with a torch the neck sinews prohibiting the hydra from growing a new head. The immortal head, in this bronze represented by a human head, he lopped off and buried by the road. A rare subject in bronze. 2nd Century AD. H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) Ex collection of B.H.S., a retired military officer, St. Petersburg, Florida, formed in the 1950s-early 1970s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in March 2008.
31 ROMAN BRONZE DEEP BUST OF A PANISKOS A young version of the god Pan, with long curly hair, a top knot, and wearing a faun skin across his body. In his left arm he holds a lagobolon and in his right hand he holds a garland. Probably from a lectica, a portable bed. 2nd Century AD. H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) Ex collection of Dr. A.L, Austria, acquired at the Dorotheum, Vienna, June 6, 2000. Published: J, Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIX, 2008, no. 61 32 PAIR OF ROMAN BRONZE DEEP BUSTS OF ANTINOUS, the companion of the emperor Hadrian, with thick curly hair, each holding a scallop-shell tray. Probably made to adorn a lectica, a kind of portable bed, which became a popular mode of transportation for the well-to-do in the late Republic. Very rare. 2nd Century AD. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. similar pair in the Hermitage. 33 ROMAN BRONZE INFANT HERAKLES WRESTLING WITH SERPENTS, sent by Hera. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York. 34 ROMAN BRONZE CHILD CROUCHING AND HOLDING A GOOSE OR SWAN 1st Century AD. H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, May 2008.
Lab ors of Herakles 36 ROMAN BRONZE HERAKLES CAPTURING THE CERYNEIAN HIND; the third Labor. His left knee is on its back, grasping its antlers from behind. Rare. Ca. 1st Century AD. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) Acquired by R.L., Farmington Hills, Michigan, from Royal-Athena in 1992; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from R.L. collection in 1998. 37 GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE BUCKLE: HERAKLES STEALING THE CATTLE OF GERYON The youthful nude hero grappling with two bulls, his club at his feet; sculpted in the round. A rare depiction of the 10th Labor of Herakles. France, ca. 2nd Century AD. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Paris, September 1998. Cf. P. Jongste, The Twelve Labours of Hercules on Roman Sarcophagi, 1992, p. 20, fig. 81, p. 127.
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