1779 Statue of Hercules, engraving, "Calcografia di Roma"

Statue of Hercules, wearing the Nemean lion skin, with his child Telephos.

Overall 20.5 x 27.7 cm

Rome, 1779.

Published in the rare "Calcografia di Roma" by G. B. Canneti.

Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 4th century BC. Also known as the Emperor Commodus dressed as Hercules. Found in Tivoli, now in the Louvre. Herculis Commodiani statua vetus marmorea.