The Farnese Bull in Naples

This sculpture was carved from just one whole block of marble and imported from Rhodes, as part of the incredible collection of artwork and sculptures owned by Asinius Pollio, a Roman politician who lived during the years between the Republic and the Principate. It is the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity.
This colossal marble sculptural group represents the myth of Dirce. She was tied to a wild bull by the sons of Antiope, Amphion and Zethus, who wanted to punish her for the ill-treatment inflicted on their mother, first wife of Lykos, King of Thebes.The group was found in 1546 in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome during excavations commissioned by Pope Paul III in the hope of finding ancient sculptures to adorn Palazzo Farnese, the Farnese Roman residence. Along with the rest of the Farnese antiquities, it is now located at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli in Naples.(wikipedia)

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