Hercules and Achelous (in the form of a bull)
Old photographs show this small relief set into an ebony base that supported the sculpture of Hercules and Achelous, also in the Museum's collection (1982.60.129).
Credit: Purchase, Mrs. Sid R. Bass, Mrs. Oscar de la Renta and Mrs. Walter Annenberg Gifts, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2003
c. 1670
Ivory
7.6 x 6.4cm
2003.235
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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