Marble Statue Of A Bearded Hercules

Marble statue of a youthful hercules.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. 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. Although they are much restored their stance and attributes are essentially correct and are variants on long established statue types that are probably.
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. Detail of the marble statue of a bearded hercules in the metropolitan museum of art july 2007 marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period 68 98 ad restorations made during the early 17th century. Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin.
Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin. 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. Restorations made during the early 17th century.
Restorations made during the early 17th century. 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 greek and roman galleries at the metropolitan museum of art features a magnificent marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period a d.