Title: Head of Hercules
Object type: Cameo
Date: mid-19th century
Artist:  Maria Elisa Pistrucci 
Artist bio: British, 1824–1881, active London and Rome
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Onyx or sardonyx
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 1/16 x 1 11/16in. (5.2 x 4.3cm); 52.4 x 42.7 x 10.6 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Profiles, term: Hercules