Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Commodus as Hercules
Alternate Title:
Emperor Commodus Dressed as Hercules
Image View:
Overall view from the front
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC1120
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio 1; Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Horti Lamiani
GPS:
41.893021 12.4825
Date:
191-192 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Carrara marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
133 cm (height)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); rulers and leaders; Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character); Roman Empire; personification; Roman emperor
Description:
Bust of Commodus (161-192 CE) as Hercules, hence the lion skin, the club and the golden apples of the Hesperides in his hand. Part of a statuary group representing Commodus' apotheosis, found in an underground chamber in the area of the Horti Lamiani, 1874. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-COM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Commodus as Hercules