Hercules and Antaeus
Figure Group
ca. 1850 (made)
ca. 1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This large-scale group shows the Greek hero Hercules wrestling with the giant Antaeus, who gained his strength from contact with the earth. Hercules is therefore shown struggling with Antaeus and lifting him from the ground to weaken and overcome him. This subject was a popular one from the renaissance onwards. This group is probably derived from a seventeenth-century French example, although it is a later cast.
Object details
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| Title | Hercules and Antaeus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast bronze |
| Brief description | Group, bronze, Hercules and Antaeus, France, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Bronze group, two struggling male figures. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Norman Bloom, in memory of Mrs Florence Bloom |
| Object history | Given by Norman Bloom and the Bloom Family Trust South Africa in memory of Mrs Florence Bloom, in 2003, together with A.2, 4 & 5-2003. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This large-scale group shows the Greek hero Hercules wrestling with the giant Antaeus, who gained his strength from contact with the earth. Hercules is therefore shown struggling with Antaeus and lifting him from the ground to weaken and overcome him. This subject was a popular one from the renaissance onwards. This group is probably derived from a seventeenth-century French example, although it is a later cast. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.3-2003 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2003 |
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