Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
C. Avery and A. Redcliffe, Giambologna, Sculptor to the Medici, London (Arts Council) 1978, nos. 180-1.
Also known as, The Fable of Dirce. The group represents Dirce tied to a wild bull as a punishment for her bad treatment of Antiope whom she succeeded as wife of Licus, King of Thebes. Antiope's sons Letus and Amphion are portrayed restraining the beast and preparing the rope with which to shackle the miscreant Dirce.
C. Avery and A. Redcliffe, Giambologna, Sculptor to the Medici, London (Arts Council) 1978, nos. 180-1.
Also known as, The Fable of Dirce. The group represents Dirce tied to a wild bull as a punishment for her bad treatment of Antiope whom she succeeded as wife of Licus, King of Thebes. Antiope's sons Letus and Amphion are portrayed restraining the beast and preparing the rope with which to shackle the miscreant Dirce.