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Further information on this artwork
In Pietra di Vicenza gearbeitete große Parkfigur auf blockhaftem in mehrere Steinquader untergliederten Sockel. Darauf stehend die vollrund gearbeitete Figur des Herkules Farnese mit seinem Löwenfell, seine Hand auf einer hier zu einem Obelisken stilisierten Keule liegend. Witterungssp.
Anmerkung:
Die Skulptur ist dem Original im Nationalen Antikenmuseum in Neapel nachempfunden. Bereits in der Antike war diese Skulptur so berühmt, dass wir noch heute von mindestens 200 antiken Kopien wissen. (1231472) (13)
Hercules Farnese
Height incl. base: 270 cm.
Height without base: 210 cm.
Base: 85 x 85 x 70 cm.
Italy, 19th/ 20th century.
Signs of weathering.
Notes:
The sculpture on offer for sale here is modelled after the original held at the Museo Archeologico Nationale in Naples. The sculpture was already so celebrated in antiquity that at least 200 copies are known today.
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
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