Herakles Bust

This is a 3D photogrammetry scan of “Marble head of Herakles” located at The MET. I've provided the raw 3D scan as a raw model in this MakerWorld Model.

• The “Most Optimized” Print Profile requires minimal supports. In this print profile, I have cut away some of this model to make it printable with no/minimal supports.

• The “Uneven Base” Print Profile has, as the name suggests, an uneven base. It has more overhangs but preserves the original head's base.

• The raw model (provided as a 3D mesh on this model) preserves all of the original details but is very difficult to print.

THE MET’S OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION

Marble head of Herakles

• Culture: Roman
• Period: Early Imperial
• Date: 1st century A.D.
• Medium: Marble
• Accession Number: 11.212.4
• Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
• Location: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Museum Description:

Copy of a Greek statue of the second half of the 4th century B.C. attributed to Lysippos.

 

In the statue, the Greek hero Herakles was shown close to exhaustion on completion of the twelve labors set him by Eurystheus, ruler of the Argolid. The contrast between his powerful physique and his weary stance is echoed in this particularly fine rendition of his noble head, which is bowed with fatigue. The statue was copied in many different sizes during the Roman period.

The MET's image of the Marble head of Herakles: