Hercules and the Lernean Hydra

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Room 17

Inventory

PV 10796

Material and technique

Bronze, natural brown-reddish patina, traces of black lacquer

Author

Venetian School

Dating

Late 16th-early 17th century

Dimensions

17 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm.

Origin

Auriti Collection (1963)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

According to Planiscig, the elongated figure representing Hercules is late Mannerist and ought perhaps to be associated with the school of Niccolò Roccatagliata. In this particular bronze, the early 17th century Venetian artist reveals more of his own individual style, distinct from that of Roccatagliata's circle, especially in the treatment of Hercules' body, which has been powerfully designed.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

L. Planiscig, La Collezione Giacinto Auriti, Vienna 1931, no. 33 bis; A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, p. 23.