Glycon of Athens
Glykon of Athens was a Greek sculptor of the v first century. Chr.
He is known by the signature of a famous copy of Herakles statue of Lysippos (Original:... The 4th century BC). However, the copy could also come from a Roman workshop in the 3rd century AD. Other glykon signatures are considered forged.
The statue was rediscovered in 1546 in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome , from there it entered the Farnesian collections and has since been known as Heracles Farnese . With the collection, the statue came from Rome to the National Archaeological Museum in Naples in 1787 . Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who was in Rome in 1787, called the Farnesian Heracles one of the most perfect works of old . Copies of the Farnese Hercules were made throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, the monumental Hercules in Kassel is particularly well known .
literature
- Carl Robert : Glykon 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, column 1471 f.
Remarks
- ^ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Italienische Reise , entry for June 20, 1787
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| SURNAME | Glycon of Athens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |