A patinated bronze model of the Farnese Hercules, second half 19th century, cast after Glycon's Roman marble and probably a Greek (Lyssippian?) original, portrayed as heroically nude and standing resting against the Nemean lionskin, draped on a tree stump, the Apples of the Hesperides held in his right hand behind him, 41cm highThe famed statue of Hercules, first reliably recorded in 1556 by Ulisse Aldrovandi was unearthed during excavations at Rome's Baths of Caracalla, and was quickly acquired by the Farnese, whose first courtyard at the Palazzo Farnese housed the massive piece until 1787.The Farnese Hercules is now held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples.
A patinated bronze model of the Farnese Hercules, second half 19th century, cast after Glycon's Roman marble and probably a Greek (Lyssippian?) original, portrayed as heroically nude and standing resting against the Nemean lionskin, draped on a tree stump, the Apples of the Hesperides held in his right hand behind him, 41cm highThe famed statue of Hercules, first reliably recorded in 1556 by Ulisse Aldrovandi was unearthed during excavations at Rome's Baths of Caracalla, and was quickly acquired by the Farnese, whose first courtyard at the Palazzo Farnese housed the massive piece until 1787.The Farnese Hercules is now held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples.
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