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The statue may have been produced in Venice, most likely in the nineteenth century. It is based upon a terracotta model of approximately the same size, now in the Ca d’Oro, Venice. This model is signed S.M. and is the work of Stefano Maderno (about 1576–1636).
Maderno was a sculptor from Lombardy in northern Italy, whose work reflects the transition from Mannerism to the Baroque. He achieved considerable fame in Rome in the early seventeenth century and produced a number of small terracotta models, bronzes and marbles based on antique models.
Title
Hercules and Antaeus
Date
19th C (?)
Medium
hollow-cast bronze
Measurements
H 58.4 x W 29.5 x D 22 cm
Accession number
NG6271
Acquisition method
presented anonymously, 1957
Work type
Statue
Signature/marks description
signed: S.M.
