# Hercules

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MADERNO, Stefano](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Terracotta

## Commentary

This terracotta statue is a reproduction of the Farnese Hercules, a Greek bronze statue by Lysippos \(4th century BC\), known from an enlarged Roman copy from c. 216 AD.

## Related artworks

- [Hercules and Antaeus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/hercules-and-antaeus-r2f005ac722bd9a>)
- [Hercules and Antaeus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/hercules-and-antaeus-rc766f8b77730cd>)
- [Hercules and the Nemean Lion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/hercules-and-the-nemean-lion-ra18984e213aea5>)
- [Hercules with the Infant Telephus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/hercules-with-the-infant-telephus-r9e5f6ad38521cf>)
- [Nicodemus with the Body of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/nicodemus-with-the-body-of-christ-raa16996a63aedb>)
- [Nicodemus with the Body of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/nicodemus-with-the-body-of-christ-rb522621212c899>)
- [Peace and Justice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/peace-and-justice-re3acc180489fbe>)
- [St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/st-cecilia-r810c5abaedd0b2>)
- [St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/st-cecilia-rf65a5a991bc4b7>)
- [Sts Francis Xavier and Carlo Borromeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maderno-stefano-r6abbb5715b9184/sts-francis-xavier-and-carlo-borromeo-rb422bce91519af>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)