Mask of Heracles (Hercules)with base. 40 cm.

Description

Reproduction of a high quality Hercules mask made of reconstituted marble (marble dust and resin).

Measurements:

• Figure: Height: 40 cm. Width: 21 cm. Depth: 10 cm.
• Base: Height: 8 cm. Width: 11,5 cm. Depth: 11,5 cm.
• Figure + base: Height: 40 cm. Width: 21 cm. Depth: 14 cm.

Reproduction inspired by universal art. Relief mask of Hercules with base.

Heracles-Hercules: Son of Alcmene and Zeus. Author of countless exploits and adventures, such as the Twelve Labours. Considered the quintessential Hellenic hero, his first feat was to strangle the two snakes that the goddess Hera, Zeus’ spouse, maddened by her husband’s betrayal, sent to kill the newborn child out of spite. Herakles carried out many other tasks and after his death he married the goddess Hebe, the eternal youth. Iconography usually depicts him wearing the skin of Nemea, his mace, and his formidable bow. Herakles is the symbol of the valiant hero, to whom later stoicism was to some extent attracted to his cause.