The
Lansdowne Heracles is a Roman marble sculpture dating from about 125 CE. It represents the hero
Heracles as a beardless youth grasping the skin of the
Nemean lion with his club upon his shoulder. The statue was discovered in 1790 on the site of
Hadrian's Villa in
Tivoli, and is now in the collection of the
J. Paul Getty Museum's
Getty Villa in
Malibu, California.Sculpture credit: unknown; photographed by the
J. Paul Getty Museum
The
Lansdowne Heracles is a Roman marble sculpture dating from about 125 CE. It represents the hero
Heracles as a beardless youth grasping the skin of the
Nemean lion with his club upon his shoulder. The statue was discovered in 1790 on the site of
Hadrian's Villa in
Tivoli, and is now in the collection of the
J. Paul Getty Museum's
Getty Villa in
Malibu, California.Sculpture credit: unknown; photographed by the
J. Paul Getty Museum