AnticoItalien, 1460–1528Hercules and the Hydra
Om skulpturen
This relief in bronze of Hercules and the Hydra is made by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolso, called Antico, in the late 15th or early 16th century. It has though recently been suggested that is might be a fake (together with A.1-1959), executed by Salomon Weininger.
The relief corresponds with a relief in the Museo Nazionale, Florence, from which it differs in the absence of gilding in certain areas and in details of chasing in the heads of the snakes and elsewhere.
The legend of Hercules and the Hydra reflects Hercules’ second labour set to him by Eurystheus, where he had to kill Hydra, the many headed snake in Greek mythology.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- A.2-1959
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