On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules description.
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.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules a d.
It must have been made as one of a pair with the over life sized statue of a bearded hercules displayed across the courtyard.
By a man called polykleitos of argos.
Marble statue of a youthful hercules.
The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head.
Head and neck right arm below the.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
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.
The marble statue of a bearded hercules.
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.
The original was created in c a.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
Much to the latter the contrapposto is also evident based on how he is standing.
Again the sense of masculinity is portrayed around the posture and genital exposure.
The only difference really is the absence of the club and.
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.