ID: 700000081 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000081	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Statue of Hercules (statue; unknown Roman (sculptor); ca. 125 CE; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 70.AA.109)

Note: The Greek hero Herakles carries a club over his left shoulder and holds a lionskin in his right hand. These objects help identify the figure, since Herakles was often depicted with a club and the skin of the Nemean Lion, which he killed as his first labor. As is typical for depictions of Greek heroes, the young Herakles is shown nude, since the Greeks considered male nudity to be the highest form of beauty. No other god or hero is as frequently depicted in Greek and Roman art as is Herakles. The Lansdowne Herakles very likely was inspired by a lost Greek statue, probably from the school of Polykleitos from the 300s B.C. Found in 1790 near the ruins of the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian at Tivoli outside Rome, this statue was one of numerous copies of Greek sculpture commissioned by Hadrian, who loved Greek culture. One of J. Paul Getty's most prized acquisitions, the statue gets its name from Lord Lansdowne, who once owned the Herakles and displayed it in his home in London. Areas of restoration include the statue's lower left leg and parts of both arms.

Titles:

Statue of Hercules (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)

Lansdowne Herakles (C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Ancient Roman art

Creation Date: ca. 125 CE

Creator Display:

unknown Roman (sculptor) [preferred,VP]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Other: Discovery: Villa Adriana [7006983] (Geographic)

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 70.AA.109

Credit Line: Gift of J. Paul Getty

Display Materials: marble; areas of restoration include the statue's lower left leg and parts of both arms.

	Pentelic marble [300011599]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

Dimensions: 193.5 × 77.5 × 73 cm, 385.5575 kg (76 3/16 × 30 1/2 × 28 3/4 in., 850.0001 lb.)

Events:

discovery: found in Tivoli ca. 1790, in the ruins of Hadrian's Villa Bagni di Tivoli [7018791] ()

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Roman (ancient Italian culture or period) [300020533] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian)

	Ancient Greek (culture or style) [300020072] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

animals

Specific Subjects:

	male [300189559]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	lion skin [300343608]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, collagenous material, skin (collagenous material)) (AAT)

	club (weapon) [300037206]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, percussive weapons) (AAT)

	Heracles [901000042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Nemean Lion [901000041]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Outside Iconography:

	Code: 94L Term: Hercules
	.....Source: Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)

Inscriptions: signed by Nikodemos

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Statue of Hercules	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 31 January 2018
Lansdowne Herakles	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 25 October 2010

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... CDWA online (1995-) accessed 25 October 2010

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... The J. Paul Getty Museum, Handbook of the collections (1991) 6
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 31 January 2018