Lot Essay
The present lot possibly relates to a series dedicated to the Labors of Hercules although no other episode from such a series is known to have been executed by the Bassano workshop
Details
FRANCESCO DA PONTE, called FRANCESCO BASSANO II* (c.1549-1592)
Hercules and Cerberus
oil on copper--shaped
37 x 35 1/8in. (94 x 89.2cm.)
Hercules and Cerberus
oil on copper--shaped
37 x 35 1/8in. (94 x 89.2cm.)
Provenance
Alfred S. Karlsen, Beverly Hills, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1969
Literature
B. Fredericksen, Catalogue of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1972, pp. 41-42, no. 43
Exhibited
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center, Gloria dell'Arte, a Renaissance Perspective, Oct. 28-Jan. 27, 1979-80, no. 152