• The Farnese Hercules (Italian: Ercole Farnese) is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by Glykon...
  • The Florentine reproduction of Hercules dates back to the middle of the 2nd century A.D. and was probably copied from a bronze original from late 4th century B.C...
  • The Farnese Hercules shows to excellent advantage the virtuosic technique that Goltzius had developed, in which the swelling and tapering line pioneered by...
  • In a museum boasting a staggering collection, the Farnese Hercules dominated the room. I kept walking around him, wondering how such a work of art is possible.
  • Still, despite his size, the emphasis on his tiredness after the hard work of hefting up the heavens indicates that the Farnese Hercules is a very human hero.
  • To licence this image for commercial purposes, contact our Picture Library at picturelibrary@royalacademy.org.uk. Farnese Hercules (left side), 1683.
  • The Farnese Hercules is a massive and muscular marble statue, following a lost original cast in bronze through a method called lost wax casting.
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  • The Farnese Hercules is a Roman marble statue depicting the mythological hero Hercules (Heracles in Greek mythology).