Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Hercules / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Reliefs / Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Profano (Altar of Hercules)
Hercules / Cycles / Twelve Labours / Vatican, Museo Gregoriano, Altar of Hercules (2nd century) and drawings after it
Hercules / With other figures / Minerva
Hercules / Myths / Labours / Nemean lion / Hercules strangling the lion
Hercules / Myths / Labours / Lernean hydra / Miscellaneous
Hercules / Myths / Labours / Erymanthian boar / Hercules carries the boar

Further details

also called Ara Giustiniani

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman

Date

125 - 175

Location

Vatican City, Musei Vaticani (Museo Gregoriano Profano) (inv. 9811, Museo Profano 244 244)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Otto Bennorf and Richard Schöne, Die antiken Bildwerke des Lateranensischen Museums, Berlin 1867, no. 459; Erna Mandowsky and Charles Mitchell, Pirro Ligorio's Roman antiquities, London 1963, cat. 60

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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