Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)

Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fragment comes from an over-life-sized statue. Preserved are traces of the figure's navel and part of his belt, decorated in low relief. The subject is Herakles in combat with the lion, between oriental vegetation.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.