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Along with the rest of the Farnese antiquities, it has been since 1826 in the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli in Naples, inv. no. 6002, though in recent years sometimes displayed at the Museo di Capodimonte across the city. The sculpture in Naples is much restored, and includes around the base a child, a dog, and other ...
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 ...
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The Farnese Bull, widely considered the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity. The group Harmodius and Aristogeiton, a Roman copy of a bronze work that once stood in the Agora of Athens; The Aphrodite Kallipygos; The Farnese Artemis, again a Roman copy of a Greek original; A collection of busts of Roman emperors
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.
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.
Wealthy collectors were able to afford any one of numerous bronze replicas, created in various sizes for free-standing or table-top display. The statue is shown in the 1954 film Journey to Italy along with the Farnese Bull. A replica, titled Herakles in Ithaka I, was erected in 1989 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.