Heracla
Heracla was a Roman painter who worked in the 1st century.
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He is known from two inscriptions found in Rome in which he is referred to as a painter ("pictor"). One of the inscriptions shows that Heracla is the freedman of an Augusta . The inscription reads:
- Heracla
- Augustae l (ibertus)
- pictor
The second inscription is only fragmentary:
- Her [acla]
- pict [or]
- Synoi
literature
- Ulrich Huttner : Heracla . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 295.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heracla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |