Marble relief fragment with the torso of a Hesperid holding apples, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Pentelic, H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.); width 13 in. (33.0 cm.); depth 4 in. (10.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, Copy of a Greek marble relief of about 420–410 B.C.. This relief showed Herakles in the garden of the Hesperides receiving the golden apples that brought immortality. The original was one of four famous reliefs that probably decorated the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora
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Marble relief fragment, torso, Hesperid holding apples, Imperial, 1st–2nd century .D, Roman, Marble, Pentelic, H, 24 1/2, 62.2 cm, width, 13, 33.0, depth, 4, 10.2, Stone Sculpture, Copy, Greek marble relief, 420–410 B.C., relief showed, Herakles, garden, Hesperides receiving, golden, immortality, original, four famous, reliefs, decorated, parapet surrounding, Altar, Twelve Gods, Athenian Agora
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