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Hercules fighting with the dragon
Lost Art-ID
570694
Artist
Bologna, Giovanni (Werkstatt des)
Birth
(um) 1524, Douai
Death
1608.08.13, Florenz
Place of activity
Mons; Rom; Florenz; Bologna; Pratolino
Title
Hercules fighting with the dragon
Datierung
1601/1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
bronze
Height
40.50 cm
Description
Bronze, hollow casting, patina in brown. The hero grabs with his left the neck of the creature and is brandishing with his right the cube to smash it's head right through it's open maw. Human and beast in high intensed posture. Repaired at the legs. Part of serie "Taten des Herkules" maybe after models of Giovanni da Bologna. Vgl. Bode, Bronzeststatuetten III, Taf. CCIX. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 113 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 240 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
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