LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE FIGURE OF HERCULES
Late 19th or early 20th century
After the Antique, on plinth
18¼in. (46.3cm.) high

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Lot Essay

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)

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