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Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Maderno was the leading sculptor in Rome before the emergence of Gianlorenzo Bernini. His fine terracotta original of this model is now in Venice. It was much copied in bronze and other media, reflecting its great popularity as an academic figure for students to study. This was perhaps the intended function of this comparatively unsophisticated wood version. The subject represents the First Labour of Hercules, in which the classical hero slays the Nemean lion and thereafter wears its golden pelt.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Date

modelled 1621; this variant possibly 17th C or 18th C

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 33.8 x W 30.3 x D (?) cm

Accession number

50.9

Acquisition method

purchased at Sotheby's sale of Henry Harris's estate, 1950

Work type

Statue

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