AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE FIGURE OF HERCULES

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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE FIGURE OF HERCULES
AFTER THE ANTIQUE

On a rectangular plinth with ormolu paw feet
14½in. high

拍品专文

The large sculpture, also known as the Farnese Herculeus, is located in Naples at the Museo Nazionale and was first recorded in 1556 at the Palazzo Farnese. (Cf. F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, 1981 pp. 229-232)