Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Hercules restored as killing the Hydra of Lerna
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Hercules restored as killing the Hydra of Lerna
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
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Creator:
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after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); Alessandro Algardi (Italian restorer, 1598-1654)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0236
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 1
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GPS:
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+41.893056+12.4825
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Date:
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Roman copy, ca. 2nd century CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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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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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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200 cm (height)
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Description:
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Second century CE Roman copy from the original by Lysippus (active 370-300 BCE). The sculpture was discovered during the reconstruction of the Church of Sant'Agnese. The sculptor Alessandro Algardi restored the statue. He probably modified the original iconography of Hercules taming the hind (deer) of Ceryneia to the more exciting iconography of Hercules killing the Hydra. At any rate, the work is a Roman reworking of a Greek creation attributed to Lysippus (Lysippos) who, according to ancient sources, sculpted all the labours of Hercules. (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-HSH-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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