The Farnese Hercules (after the Antique)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Bronze on Siena marble base
Measurements
330 mm (H); 152 mm (W); 105 mm (D); 145 mm (H); 152 mm (W); 125 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529980.1
Summary
Bronze sculpture on Siena marble base, The Farnese Hercules (after the Antique). A full-length figure of Hercules, leaning on his club draped with the pelt of the Nemean lion.
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 46