It must have been made as one of a pair with the over life sized statue of a bearded hercules displayed across the courtyard.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules description.
The marble statue of a bearded hercules.
T he greek and roman galleries at the metropolitan museum of art features a magnificent marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period a d.
Again the sense of masculinity is portrayed around the posture and genital exposure.
The statue and the over life sized statue of young hercules across the courtyard in all probability were made as a pair to decorate one of the great spaces in a large public bath.
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.
The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head.
The arms were also restored but have been removed.
The original was created in c a.
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By a man called polykleitos of argos.
The only difference really is the absence of the club and.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
Marble statue of a youthful hercules.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules roman ad 68 98 the metropolitan museum of art the met upper manhattan new york city new york state usa.
Head and neck right arm below the.
Much to the latter the contrapposto is also evident based on how he is standing.