Cast Gallery catalogue number: F048

Hephaistos.

• Plaster cast: Height: 25 cm.
• Copy of a bronze statuette.
• The statuette:
  • shows a nude man striking with an axe or hammer.
  • was made in about 460 BC.
  • was formerly in Washington, collection of Mrs. R.W. Bliss.
  • is now in the Warren collection.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

F 048
Nude Man Striking with Hammer or Axe; Statuette; Washington

Bronze
Statuette
Washington, Mrs. R. W. Bliss