Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Farnese Hercules
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Farnese Hercules
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Image View:
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Overall view from front (background eliminated)
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Creator:
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after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); Glykon of Athens (Roman (ancient) sculptor, active ca. 200-220 CE)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; formerly Farnese Collection
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GPS:
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+40.8534+14.2505
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Date:
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Roman work ca. 216 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman); Late Classical
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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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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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3.17 m (height)
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Description:
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According to the inscription, it is probably a version [enlarged] of a work by Lysippos or his school (original ca. 4th century BCE). The version was made in the 3rd century CE for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 CE), where it was found in 1546. Glykon was a Greek working in Rome. The head and legs have been restored at various times. The rediscovered statue quickly made its way into the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, grandson of Pope Paul III. The Farnese statue was moved to Naples in 1787 with most of the Farnese Collection and is now displayed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. The statue portrays Hercules leaning on his club with the skin of the Nemean lion and holding the apples of the Hesperides. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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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-NAM-FH-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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