Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Hercules
Alternate Title:
Head of Herakles
Image View:
Overall view from front right
Creator:
after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8605
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
Roman copy, 1st century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Early Imperial
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Description:
Roman copy from the 1st century CE after a Greek original bronze of the middle 4th century BCE. Heavily restored in the 17th century (face) and in the 19th century (bust). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-HOH-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Hercules