Heracles stealing the apples of the Hesperides

Although we do not have much information about this relief from the Doria Pamphilj Palazzo, we may suggest it is a representation of the Eleventh Labour of Heracles, as he steels the golden apples from the Hesperides. Indeed, the tree and the bag of fruits the man is carrying are good indicators of this episode, where Heracles had to take the magical fruits from the Hesperides, also called the Nymphs of the Evening. We may suppose it belongs to the early Classical Greek period, or maybe the late Archaic period, as it seems to be quite in-between both. The nude body, the refined definition of the hair and beard would lead us towards the Classical period, whereas the still thick aspect of the tree and of the character's lower body would argue in favour of the Archaic period.尽管我们对这件出自多里亚·潘菲利宫（Doria Pamphilj Palazzo）的浮雕所知甚少，但可推测其表现的是赫拉克勒斯（Heracles）的第十一项伟绩——他从赫斯珀里得斯（Hesperides）手中摘取金苹果。事实上，浮雕中男子所携带的树木与果袋，正是这一神话情节的有力佐证：赫拉克勒斯需从被称为‘黄昏宁芙（Nymphs of the Evening）’的赫斯珀里得斯手中取得这些神异的果实。我们可以推断，这件作品应属于古希腊古典时期早期，亦或是古风时期晚期——因其风格恰好介于二者之间。人物的裸体造型、发丝与胡须的精细刻画，均指向古典时期的风格特征；而浮雕中树木与人物下肢仍显厚重的质感，则又偏向古风时期的审美取向。