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A BRONZE MODEL OF HERCULES SLAYING A CENTAUR
Lot 253 THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

A BRONZE MODEL OF HERCULES SLAYING A CENTAUR

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY

Closed8 December 2011

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A BRONZE MODEL OF HERCULES SLAYING A CENTAUR
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY
On an integral cast naturalistic base; medium brown patina with warm medium brown high points
15 5/8 in. (39.6 cm.) high

Specialist note

The present bronze is a reduced version of Giambologna's marble group of the subject, carved in 1594-9, and now in the Loggia de' Lanzi in Florence. An extremely fine bronze version can be seen in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (op. cit., no. 81).