A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND THE ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND THE ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
On a later rectangular Siena marble base
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 19¼ in. (48.9 cm) high with base

Exhibited

Giambologna and his Followers: Sculpture from the Collections of Michael Hall, Miami-Dade College Museum of Art, Freedom Tower, 9 October 2009-20 February 2010.

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, eds., Giambologna: Sculptor to the Medici, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1978, nos. 78-80.

This model closely mirrors what is considered to be the the earliest documented version, identifiable in the 1607-11 inventory of Emperor Rudolph II's Kunstkammer in Prague and is now in Vienna (loc. cit.).

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