Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
Hercules and Antaeus

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ArtistAfter a model by Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) (Italian (Mantuan), c. 1460–1528)Italian (Mantuan), c. 1460–1528

CultureItalian

Titles

Hercules and Antaeus

Datemodel, c. 1500–1511; cast perhaps seventeenth century

PlaceItaly

MediumBronze aftercast

Dimensions13 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 5 in. (34 × 21 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.583

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceSir Robert Gresley (1866–1936), Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire; [Julius Goldschmidt, by October 1930]; bought by Percy S. Straus on January 9, 1931; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.

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