The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum. Its collection includes works from Greek, Roman and Renaissance times, and especially Roman artifacts from t
Façade of the museum
The Farnese Hercules
The Alexander Mosaic, portraying Alexander the Great
Heron and cobra. Ancient Roman fresco from House of Epigrammes, Pompeii (45–79 d.C.), Italy
Farnese Hercules
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The Farnese Hercules is an ancient statue of Hercules made in the early third century AD and signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; he was an Athenian but he may have worked in Rome. Like many ot
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
…and Nesiotes looked like. Many of these works, especially the larger ones, have been moved to the Museo di Capodimonte for display in recent years. The Farnese Hercules, which fixed the image of Hercules in the European imagination. The Farnese Atlas is the oldest extant depiction of Atlas from Greek mythology, and the…
Herakles Farnese MAN Napoli Inv 6001 n 06
Face
Left arm leaning on the club