Hercules and Antaeus

Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) Italian

Not on view

Hercules and Antaeus are shown between four broken all’antica pillars. This plaquette may have been part of the same series as the Mars and Victory plaquette in the Lehman Collection (1975.1.1345). A variant by Moderno exists with identical figures placed under a vault. The fine and crisp cast probably dates from the sixteenth century.

Hercules and Antaeus, Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) (Italian, Verona 1467–1528 Verona), Copper alloy with a brown natural patina under a dark layer of wax; pierced at the top.

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