AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO ALGARDI, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND THE HYDRA
AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO ALGARDI, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Hercules dressed in his lion pelt and wielding a club (now missing) alongside Iolaus wielding a dagger (now missing) and holding a severed head, inscribed in red paint '62.440'
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO ALGARDI, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Hercules dressed in his lion pelt and wielding a club (now missing) alongside Iolaus wielding a dagger (now missing) and holding a severed head, inscribed in red paint '62.440'
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
Literature
J. Balogh, 'Due bronzetti di Alessandro Algardi' in Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell'arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan, Milan, 1966, I, pp. 700-701, fig. 446.
J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven, 1985, vol. 1, fig. 235, p. 202 and vol. 2, no. 128.D.3, pp. 408-409.
J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven, 1985, vol. 1, fig. 235, p. 202 and vol. 2, no. 128.D.3, pp. 408-409.
Sale room notice
Please note this bronze is after a model attributed to Algardi, is probably 19th century and has been published in the following:
J. Balogh, 'Due bronzetti di Alessandro Algardi' in Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell'arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan, Milan, 1966, I, pp. 700-701, fig. 446.
J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven, 1985, vol. 1, fig. 235, p. 202 and vol. 2, no. 128.D.3, pp. 408-409.
J. Balogh, 'Due bronzetti di Alessandro Algardi' in Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell'arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan, Milan, 1966, I, pp. 700-701, fig. 446.
J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven, 1985, vol. 1, fig. 235, p. 202 and vol. 2, no. 128.D.3, pp. 408-409.
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