a pair of stained beechwood and pine doors

細節

a pair of stained beechwood and pine doors
The rectangular moulded cornice with carved foliage, egg-and-dart and dentilled borders above a rectangular panel centred by an infant and flanked by griffins and two further infants above a pair of doors, each with three panels carved with scenes of the life of Hercules, within egg-and-dart borders, flanked by panelled pilasters carved with garlanded vases issuing fruit and scrolling foliage and a male figure with the inscription AN. SAL on one and a female figure with the date MDXX on the other
266cm. high x 180cm. wide (5)

拍品專文

The scenes represented on the panels are :'The infant Hercules with Bacchus and the Bacchantes','The Apotheosis of Hercules','Hercules and the Centaur Eurythion','Hercules and the Nemean lion','Hercules and Cerberus' and 'Hercules and the funeral pyre'.

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