Artwork Details
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Unknown
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Dimensions
19 x 25 x 16 in.
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Bequest of Elizabeth Gilbert Fortune in memory of her late husband Robert Patrick O'Riley Fortune
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Provenance
(Spink and Sons, London, England); (Robert Hecht, Jr.); (Spink and Sons, London, England); (Tu Connaught Gallery, London, England) by 1970; Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fortune, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1970; bequested to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana in 2004.
Gallery Labels
The colossal size and idealized musculature of this torso indicates that it represents a god or hero, possibly Herakles. Intended for frontal viewing, it was likely placed in a niche in a heroon, a temple for the worship of heroes, or it may have decorated a temple pediment, since the back is unfinished and shows signs of being attached to a larger structure. The highly polished surface, stained with olive oil, indicates that a plaster cast was taken from it, possibly in the early 20th century.
Former collections:
Spink and Sons, London
Robert Hecht, Jr., Rome
The Connaught Gallery, London
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortune, Indianapolis (by purchase, 1970)
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