Alexander the Great as a Young Herakles at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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This striking head depicts a young man wearing the scalp of a lion as a helmet, the lion pelt being the signature attribute of the hero Hercules after he slayed the Nemean lion. A similar representation of a youthful, beardless Hercules in a lion-head cap was employed on coins issued by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great to allude to his descent from the mythical hero; it was later adopted in the coinage of the Hellenistic kings to represent Alexander himself.   This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [email protected] to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met", is located in New York City and is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments. The main building, on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is by area one of the world's largest art galleries. A much smaller second location, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from Medieval Europe.

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