Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Hercules of the Forum Boarium
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Hercules of the Forum Boarium
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Alternate Title:
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Statue of Hecules in gilded bronze
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Image View:
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Detail of commemorative base (right side) about the discovery, from the Renaissance
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Creator:
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style of Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC1265
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo dei Conservatori
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GPS:
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+41.893056+12.4825
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Date:
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ca. 2nd century BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Classical; Greco-Roman
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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gilded bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process); gilding (technique)
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Measurements:
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241 cm (height)
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Description:
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The statue originated in the Forum Boarium, where it was found during the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471-1484). It is likely to have been the cult image that was mentioned by Pliny in the circular Temple of Hercules Victor (dedicated in the second century BCE) that stood by the ancient cattle market. The statue's proportions and strong modeling demonstrate that it was based on Greek models of the fourth century BCE, close to the Lysippic style. A recent hypothesis suggests that it could have derived directly from the mold of a bronze statue of that period. The figure of Hercules bears his club at the ready, and in his left hand holds the three apples of the Hesperides. The apples identify him specifically as a Hercules of the West, where he was the victor over Geryon. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-SHGB-A09
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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