• The Farnese Bull (Italian: Toro Farnese), formerly in the Farnese collection in Rome, is a massive Roman elaborated copy of a Hellenistic sculpture.
  • One of these is a large marble group that you can find in its collection of ancient statues: It’s referred to as the “Farnese Bull”...
  • The work was restored in the '500 when Michelangelo was called to direct the work at the Palazzo Farnese also dealing with the placement of sculptures in marble.
  • Criticisms of the work: Despite the original praise for this piece, the “Farnese Bull” began to receive criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries for its lack of quality.
  • Farnese Bull is a famous Roman sculpture from the 3rd century CE showing the scene of punishing queen Dirce by tethering her to the horns of a bull.
  • This brings us to the Farnese Bull sculpture above where Amphion and Zethus are tying Dirce to the bull’s horns for punishment.
  • [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s Statue Saturday and we couldn’t resist featuring this extraordinary bronze sculpture of The Farnese Bull.
  • The Farnese Bull is a massive sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus.
  • It is the smaller version of a larger group depicting the Supplizio di Dirce (Dirce’s Torture), better known as Toro Farnese (Farnese Bull): found fragmented in 1545...