Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Sitting Heracles
Alternate Title:
Sitting Hercules
Image View:
Detail, figure holding club
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.900935 12.473053
Date:
2nd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Description:
Sitting Heracles, Roman copy (2nd century CE) from a Greek original, located in the inner courtyard of Palazzo Altemps. Hercules is shown with his attributes of a club and lion skin. He holds one of the apples of the Hesperides (there is a stone sculptural support under his hand).
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-PAL-H-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Sitting Heracles