Hercules and Antaeus
Sculpture by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi
Hercules and Antaeus is an early 16th-century bronze sculpture by Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari-Bonacolsi. The Gonzaga family court sculptor based this group on a classical marble of Hercules and Antaeus which is now in the Pitti Palace in... Wikipedia
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Hercules and Antaeus is an early 16th-century bronze sculpture by Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari-Bonacolsi. The Gonzaga family court sculptor based this group ...
Hercules and Antaeus ... In Greek mythology, Antaeus was the son of Poseidon and Gaia, and derived his strength from contact with the earth. In the Renaissance, ...
Hercules and Antaeus ... The group freely copies an ancient marble much admired in the Renaissance, now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, which arrived from the ...
Antico was court sculptor to the Gonzaga family, rulers of Mantua. He trained as a goldsmith and developed a sophisticated method of reproducing bronzes. As his ...
ProvenanceSir Robert Gresley (1866–1936), Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire; [Julius Goldschmidt, by October 1930]; bought by Percy S. Straus on January 9, 1931; ...
Bronze sculpture of a man wrestling another man. Gianfrancesco Susini (Florence 1585–1653 Florence) Hercules and Antaeus
Another sculptor active in Upper Italy signed his plaquettes with the pseudonym “Moderno”. He combined classical motifs with Christian subjects, in order to “ ...
Hercules and Antaeus, c. 1525. West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14. Medium.
Both this bronze and it's companion represent legendary struggles related to Hecules's labors, a frequent source of inspiration for Renaissance and later ...
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Sculpture depicting Hercules and Antaeus fighting, made of patinated bronze on marble base. Provenance: Italy Age: XX century. Dimensions: L40xP26xH62 cm.