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Friday, August 3, 2012

Il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana a tutto tondo: L'ERCOLE MAROTTI -- found in Roma, between the AVENTINON and the TEVERE.

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ERCOLE, bearded, with right hand resting on his club.

He carries a lion-skin over his left arm.

  • Height: 57cm.
  • marble statue..
  • The statue:
    • is known as Herakles Marotti.
    • is a version of a Greek original of about 450 BC.
    • was probably found in Rome, between the Aventine and Tiber.
    • is now in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 14.733.
Look at casts showing Herakles

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