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The Farnese Bull (Italian: Toro Farnese), formerly in the Farnese collection in Rome, is a massive Roman elaborated copy of a Hellenistic sculpture. It is the largest single sculpture yet recovered from antiquity .
The Farnese Hercules at the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The Farnese Collection is one of the first collections of artistic items from Greco-Roman antiquity.It includes some of the most influential classical works, including the sculptures that were part of the Farnese Marbles, their collection of statuary, which includes world-famous works like the Farnese Hercules, Farnese Cup ...
The museum hosts extensive collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. Their core is from the Farnese Collection, which includes a collection of engraved gems (including the Farnese Cup, a Ptolemaic bowl made of sardonyx agate and the most famous piece in the "Treasure of the Magnificent", and is founded upon gems collected by Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo il Magnifico in the 15th century) and ...
Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Titian) Portrait of Charles V (Titian, Naples) Portrait of Giulio Clovio; Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese; Portrait of Pope Paul III with Camauro; Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese
Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy designed by Giovanni Antonio Medrano.The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from other Italian schools of painting, and some important ancient Roman sculptures.
The statue is dated to the 2nd century AD and made of alabaster and painted bronze and appears as a Xoanon, a wooden cult statue. [1] It has a height of 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in). [1] An 1883 English handbook to the museum provides the following description of the statue: 6278. Diana of Ephesus. A statue of Oriental alabaster with bronze extremities.
Among the well-known pieces recovered from the Baths of Caracalla are the Farnese Bull (probably from the eastern palaestra) and Farnese Hercules (from the frigidarium), now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples; others are in the Museo di Capodimonte there. One of the many statues is the colossal 4 m (13 ft) statue of Asclepius.
The Farnese Antinous was named after its one-time owners the Farnese family. [1] The original provenance for this work of art is unknown, [4] however, there are works of art within the Farnese collection that have some provenance established, such as the Farnese Hercules and the Farnese Bull. [11]