L'ERCOLE FARNESINO -- body found, according to Aldrovandi, in the Baths of Caracalla in 1546 -- the head in a well in Tratevere (G. della Porta) -- acquired through the agency of Della Porta by the FARNESE.

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L'ERCOLE was displayed in the first courtyard of the Palazzo FARNESE until 1787 when it was taken to NAPOLI.