Farnese hercules

Marble. Roman work of the age of empire after an original of the second half of the 4th century BCE.

The Farnese Hercules: rear view of muscles. Pen and ink drawing, by H.J. Arundel Miles, 1862.

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Digitised with an Artec Eva. This bust of Hercules originates from the Farnese type. The Farnese Hercules is a colossal marble statue, most likely a Roman copy of a much older Greek bronze from the fourth centuy BC. The enlarged version, now the most famed, was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 AD) where the statue was recovered in 1546 and is now on display inthe Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. The sculpture depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules leaning on…

PROBABLY FRENCH OR FLEMISH, 18TH CENTURY

Ernesto GazzeriItalian1890 - 1920After the AntiqueFarnese Hercules signed: E GAZZERI/Rome<

The Farnese Hercules (Italian: Ercole Farnese) Roman copy, detail, late 2nd early 3rd century AD. A copy of a Greek original by Lysippos from the second half of the 4th century BC. The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 AD), where the statue was recovered in 1546. It was signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; the name is Greek but he may have worked in Rome. Naples Archaeological Museum.