Sale 3574
Paris
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1 October 2013
Price realised
EUR 5,250
Estimate
FIGURE EN BRONZE REPRESENTANT HERCULE ITALIE, PREMIERE MOITIE DU XIXEME SIECLE, VERS 1820 - 1850 Le héros se tient debout en contrapposto, présentant dans sa main gauche trois pommes d'or dérobées au jardin des Hesperides; vêtu de la léonté ceinturée à la taille; reposant sur une base en marbre de Sienne Hauteur: 35,5 cm. (14 in.) ; Hauteur totale: 46,5 cm. (18½)
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A BRONZE FIGURE DEPICTING HERCULES HOLDING THE APPLES OF THE HESPERIDES, ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1820 - 1850
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