Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Commodus as Hercules
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Commodus as Hercules
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Alternate Title:
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Emperor Commodus Dressed as Hercules
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC1120
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio 1; Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Horti Lamiani
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GPS:
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+41.893021+12.4825
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Date:
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191-192 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)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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Carrara marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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133 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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mythology (Classical); rulers and leaders; Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character); Roman Empire; personification; Roman emperor
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Description:
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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)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-COM-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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