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Roman Sculpture

Figure 5 Lansdowne Herakles, ca. 125 CE;
artist: unknown Roman, after lost Greek original from School of Polykleitos;
Pentelic marble, 193.5 cm (height);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 70.AA.109

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 statue (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    sculpture
    Greek and Roman Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Lansdowne Herakles (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 unknown Roman (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 unknown Roman (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 sculptor

  • Creation Date:🔺 ca. 125 CE (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 -0130 Latest:🔺 -0120 (value type: controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 193.5 cm (height) (76 3/16 inches) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 193.5 Unit: cm Type: height (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 Pentelic marble (value type: free text)

  • Material Name: Pentelic marble (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    religion/mythology
    Herakles (Greek/Roman hero)
    human figure
    male
    nude
    lion skin
    Nemean Lion (Greek/Roman mythological figure)
    club (value type: authority)

Context

  • Archaeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place: Hadrian’s Villa (Tivoli, Lazio, Italy)
    Discovery/Excavation Date: 1790 or 1791
    Earliest: 1790 Latest: 1791 (value type: free text)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: The statue was named for Lord Lansdowne, who once owned the Herakles and displayed it in his home in London. Herakles standing in contrapposto, holding his attributes, the skin of the Nemean lion and a club. This statue was found in Tivoli ca. 1790, in the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa; it was in the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne until 1951. It is related in appearance to works attributed to 4th-century BCE Greek sculptors, however, the work has an eclectic style that is purely Roman. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum. Handbook of the Collections. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991 (value type: authority) (value type: authority)
    Page: 6 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa Malibu (Los Angeles, California, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 70.AA.109 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 23 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 5 Lansdowne Herakles, ca. 125 CE;
artist: unknown Roman, after lost Greek original from School of Polykleitos;
Pentelic marble, 193.5 cm (height);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 70.AA.109