The Marble Statue Of Hercules Bearded

By a man called polykleitos of argos.

The marble statue of hercules bearded.

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. Marble statue of a bearded hercules. The original was created in c a. Marble sculpture of a bearded hercules 68 98 ce the metropolitan museum new york usa.

The arms were also restored but have been removed. Polykleitos was a greek sculptor who worked during the mid fifth century b c. Marble statue of a bearded hercules. Fashioned from marble the statue stands ten feet four inches high.

The hand of hercules is the name given to a massive fragment of an ancient statue that was unearthed by archaeologists in amman the capital of jordan. 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. It is a roman sculpture depicting the greek hero hercules in his youth. Marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period 68 98 ad restorations made during the early 17th century.

68 98 restorations made during the early 17th century. He leans against his club over which hangs the lion s pelt the club inserted into its open mouth. This fragment is believed to have once been a part of a colossal marble statue of the demi god hercules as it was found at the site of the roman temple of hercules. As a roman sculpture the style known as contrapposto is evident.

The arms were also restored but have been removed. This sculpture was created during the flavian dynasty around 68 98 a d. Marble statue of a bearded hercules a d. It is believed that this marble sculpture was the youthful hercules counterpart and both works were used to decorate a large public bath.

Here is a marble sculpture of youthful hercules. 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 arms were also restored but have been removed.

Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin. 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. His left armpit rests on top of one end of the club the opposite end balanced against a rock adjacent to the hero. Marble statue of a bearded hercules roman flavian period a d.

The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head. The marble statue of a bearded hercules. Restorations made during the early 17th century. November 25 2014 uncategorized simon weng.