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.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules description.
Marble statue of a youthful hercules.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
Head and neck right arm below the.
The arms were also restored but have been removed.
The marble statue of hercules bearded derives from the flavian dynasty around the same time as the youthful hercules.
Polykleitos was a greek sculptor who worked during the mid fifth century b c.
Restorations made during the early 17th century.
It must have been made as one of a pair with the over life sized statue of a bearded hercules displayed across the courtyard.
Again the sense of masculinity is portrayed around the posture and genital exposure.
Much to the latter the contrapposto is also evident based on how he is standing.
By a man called polykleitos of argos.
The original was created in c a.
The marble statue of a bearded hercules.
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.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.
The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head.
Marble statue of a bearded hercules roman ad 68 98 the metropolitan museum of art the met upper manhattan new york city new york state usa.
Both legs the plinth the support at the left leg pieces in the lion s skin.