Subject
Statue of a man in the guise of Hercules, in heroic nudity with its head covered by the Nemean lion skin. The right hand, now missing, probably held the club; on the left side there is the quiver.
Accession number 23.M322-1.1
Pentelic marble
Height 208 cm
Full-length sculpture; the right hand, the left forearm and a part of the right ankle are missing.
Mid-3rd century A.D.
Provenance
It was found in the Scoot Park during a complex revision and cleaning intervention of the sewage pipe belonging to Acea.
Placement
Casale di Santa Maria Nova – Villa dei Quintili
Credits
3D edited by Luca J. Senatore (Department of History, Drawing and Restoration of architecture – La Sapienza University of Rome).
