Marble Statue Of A Bearded Hercules

Marble statue of a youthful hercules.

Marble statue of a bearded hercules.

Restorations made during the early 17th century. Restorations made during the early 17th century. Head and neck right arm below the shoulder left arm and shoulder right leg below the knee left leg tree trunk club plinth. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.

This statue and the over life sized statue of hercules across the courtyard in all probability were made as a pair to decorate one of the great spaces in a large public bath. The depiction of hercules in an unknown sculptor s marble statue of a youthful hercules an unknown sculptor s marble statue of a bearded hercules and francisco de zurbaran s painting hercules and cerberus 1634 all combine to show the same half god through muscle definition and facial appearance nichols marden 2000. The arms were also restored but have been removed. Marble statue of a bearded hercules.

Although they are much restored their stance and attributes are essentially correct and are variants on long established statue types that are probably. Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin. Mma marble statue of a bearded hercules 247001 medium marble island rights metropolitan museum of art terms and conditions scanner internet archive python library 0 5 1 what sculpture stone statues marble roman empire a d. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.

The greek and roman galleries at the metropolitan museum of art features a magnificent marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period a d. This statue was part of the collection of antiquities acquired in rome by the marchese vincenzo giustiniani during the first third of the seventeenth century. 68 98 roman marble island metropolitan museum of art where roman empire.