The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents

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The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents

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The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents. &ldquo;The Young Hercules Fighting Hera&rsquo;s Two Serpents&rdquo;<br />
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A model by Francesco Fanelli (England/Italy 1577 &ndash; c. 1657) for a fountain<br />
Cast in the 18th century<br />
Bronze with a dark and varying light brown patina, green marble plinth added later<br />
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Hercules in a dynamic pose fighting two of Hera&rsquo;s serpents<br />
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Ref: 2795

The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents

Model by Francesco Fanelli
18th Century
Bronze with a dark and varying light brown patina, green marble plinth added later
23 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm (9 x 5 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₄ inches)
Literature:
E. van Binnebeke, Bronze sculpture. Sculpture 1500–1800 in the collection of the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 1994, pp. 132–133, no. 38
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2002, pp. 168–171, no. 23
Description: “The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents”

A model by Francesco Fanelli (England/Italy 1577 – c. 1657) for a fountain
Cast in the 18th century
Bronze with a dark and varying light brown patina, green marble plinth added later

Hercules in a dynamic pose fighting two of Hera’s serpents
 

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