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