Discovery and archaeological context / Jens Daehner -- From Herculaneum to Dresden: the modern history / Kordelia Knoll -- The large and small Herculaneum women sculptures / Christiane Vorster -- The statue types in the Roman world / Jens Daehner -- Greek origins: the Herculaneum women in the pre-Roman world / Christiane Vorster -- From the menagerie to the plaster gallery: the Herculaneum women in Dresden / Moritz Woelk.