Apollonius of Tralles Greek, active late 2nd century BCE
Farnese Bull, Roman copy, early 3rd century CE, of a 2nd-century BCE original
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The brothers Amphion and Zethus tie Queen Dirce to a rearing bull to punish her cruelty to their mother, Antiope. The largest single sculpture yet recovered from antiquity, it was dug up in 1546 in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome for the Farnese family. It is usually seen as a Roman version of a Hellenistic group that Pliny credits to Apollonius and Tauriskos of Tralles.
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The seated boy, the dog and other animals around the base may not belong to the original design: the group has been heavily restored since the 16th century.
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