AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE MODEL OF HERCULES SLAYING A CENTAUR
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY
On an integral cast naturalistic base; medium brown patina with warm medium brown high points
15 5/8 in. (39.6 cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Giambologna 1529-1608 - Sculptor to the Medici, 5 Oct. - 16 Nov. 1987, no. 81-82, pp. 128-130.

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The present bronze is a reduced version of Giambologna's marble group of the subject, carved in 1594-9, and now in the Loggia de' Lanzi in Florence. An extremely fine bronze version can be seen in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (op. cit., no. 81).

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