Ref: 2795
The Young Hercules Fighting Hera’s Two Serpents
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)
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)
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
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
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
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2002, pp. 168–171, no. 23
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