ID: 700009218 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009218	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Hercules and Telephus (sculpture (visual works); unknown Roman; ancient Roman; Museo Chiaramonti ; Inv. 1314)

Note: Roman copy after a Greek original dated 4th century BCE. Found in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. Restored under Pope Julius II (1503-1513). Over-lifesize staue of Hercules holding a child on his left arm; the child has been identified as Hercules' son Telphus, although some have identified him as Ajax. Hercules was historically identified as a portrait of the emperor Commodus.

Titles:

Hercules and Telephus (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Hercules and Telephus (Commodus) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Commodus Hercules (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: ancient Roman

Creator Display:

unknown Roman [preferred,VP]

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

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Inv. 1314

Other: Discovery: Campo de' Fiori [8711535] (Geographic)

Display Materials: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 2.12 meters

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

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

	Telephus [901001703]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Commodus, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 161-192 CE) [500355670]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	full-length figures [300343592]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Hercules and Telephus	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Scala Art Resource, New York [online] (2000-)
Hercules and Telephus (Commodus)	........ [VP]
	........ Grummond, Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology (2015)
Commodus Hercules	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grummond, Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology (2015)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)