Sujet

Statuette of Hercules, A.D. 1-100. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Statuette of Hercules, A.D. 1-100. Additional Info: The hero Hercules leans on his club, exhausted from completing his twelfth and last labor - the quest for the golden apples of the Hesperides, which he holds in his right hand behind his back. His eyes are inlaid with silver. The skin of the Nemean Lion, which cushions his weight on the now-missing club alludes to his first labor. This representation of the hero is referred to as the "Weary Hercules" or the "Farnese" type after the most famous copy, once in the Farnese collection and now in the Museo Nazionale in Naples. This statuette is a small-scale replica of the life-size bronze statue made in the late fourth century B.C. by the Greek sculptor Lysippos (active about 370-315 B.C.).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_383

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,7Mo (1,5Mo) / 32,1cm x 42,0cm / 3786 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing Italy religious arts country Rome religion metal naked nude statue statues sculpture bronze art color tired Classical archaeology ancient deity God Roman location century archaeological statuette exhaustion exhausted concept mythology roman mythology hero archeology weary nudity heroic nakedness heroism Colour Hercules Herakles Greek mythology 1st century Farnese Hercules Lysippos sculpture Unknown Heracles 1st century AD Heritage Art mythological figure Bronze with silver-inlaid eyes Lysippus Lysipus