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Bust of the Farnese Hercules

Bust of the Farnese Hercules

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This model of Hercules is a 3D scanned model of a bust that "originates from the Farnese type. The Farnese Hercules is a colossal marble statue, most likely a Roman copy of a much older Greek bronze from the fourth century BC. The enlarged version, now the most famed, was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 AD) where the statue was recovered in 1546 and is now on display in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. The sculpture depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules leaning on his club, which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it. In myths about Hercules, killing the lion was his first task. He has just performed one of the last of The Twelve Labours, which is suggested by the apples of the Hesperides he holds behind his back. The type was well known in antiquity, and among many other versions a Hellenistic or Roman bronze reduction, found at Foligno is in the Musée du Louvre. A small Roman marble copy can e seen in the Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens."

Special thanks to Scan the World and the Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), which is the National Art Museum of Denmark. This work is in the public domain and can be found at the link here.

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