'the Farnese bull' bronze group figure after antiquity. Foundry marked Chiurazzi, Napoli (Fonderia Chiurazzi). H. 63 cm (incl. the base). A fitted painted wood pedestal included H. 79 cm W/D. 50 cm. (2) The group figure depicts the myth of the brothers Amphion and Zethos, who bind the evil Dirke to a wild bull. The colossal marble figure was rediscovered in the 16th century in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, and was incorporated into the Farnese family's art collection. Today, it is part of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. The figure and its base cast in two pieces.