拍品 89
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A BRONZE GROUP OF NESSUS ABDUCTING DEIANIRA
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF MATTHEW SCHUTZ (LOTS 51-90)
A BRONZE GROUP OF NESSUS ABDUCTING DEIANIRA

AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA AND ANTONIO SUSINI, 18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF NESSUS ABDUCTING DEIANIRA
AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA AND ANTONIO SUSINI, 18TH 19TH CENTURY
On a later verde antico and white marble base and further swiveling plinth
15½ in. (39 cm.) high, 19½ in. (50 cm.) high overall

拍品專文

The story of Nessus and Deianira records the denouement of Hercules' long and eventful life. Deianira, the wife of Hercules, was abducted by the centaur Nessus when he offered to ferry her across a river. Hercules then slew Nessus but the latter, in his dying moments, tricked Deianira into administering a fatal potion to her husband. Hercules donned a shirt which had been sprinkled with a potion that ate into his flesh with a mysterious fire and then killed him. He was later raised to the status of god and joined the other gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus.