Lysippos, Farnese Hercules
Lysippos, Farnese Hercules (also Weary Hercules), 4th century B.C.E., later Roman copy signed "Glykon of Athens" (in Greek letters), c. 216 C.E., 10 feet 5 inches high, found in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1546 (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Where and When
Copy found in Rome c. 216 (based on a Greek original, 4th century B.C.E.)
Check this out as well
This sculpture at the National Archeological Museum, Naples
Print of the sculpture by Hendrick Goltzius, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patrick Hunt, "Glykon's Farnese Herakles Sculpture as Myth Narrative," Philolog, Stanford University
Farnese Hercules entry in Wikipedia
Print of the sculpture by Hendrick Goltzius, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patrick Hunt, "Glykon's Farnese Herakles Sculpture as Myth Narrative," Philolog, Stanford University
Farnese Hercules entry in Wikipedia
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