FARNESE HERCULES

Is so called from its late situation in the Cortile of the Farnese Palace now at Naples This celebrated statue executed by Glycon the Athenian was found in the baths of Caracalla Memoria di Flaminio Vacca No 23 and the legs afterwards in the Tyber Previous to its going to Naples the modern legs executed by Fra Guglielmo della Porta were taken off and its own legs replaced The superior merit of these and their connection in style of sculpture with the statue do not appear to justify the opinion of Michael Angelo