Policleto, Hera
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
OBJECT
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. V a.C., ultimo quarto
420 a.C. ca. - 420 a.C. ca.
LOCATIONS
inv. 227a
Heraion, Argo (Grecia)
- 03/1892
NOTES
Foto sup 2632, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Ethnic Museum, Athens. N° 227a. / Beautiful head found by Waldstein at the Heraion of / Argos. She may come from the pediment of the temple / and be a Hera of the school of Polycletos. Circa 444. / The head is like that of the Ludovisi and Farnese Heras. Gaz.a B.x Arts. Vol. IX. / She was found in March 1892 in the Heraion, the second temple near / Argos and probably stood in the pediment of the West front besides / the Heroes going up with Agamemnon to [...] / Casts of the head are in the B.M. and at S. Kens.n".
