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ERCOLE POMARIO
- Object:
Statuette
- Place of origin:
Florence, Italy (made)
- Date:
ca. 1490-1510 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
BERTOLDO
- Materials and Techniques:
Solid cast bronze with a hollow cast bronze base
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
A.76-1910
- Gallery location:
Medieval and Renaissance, room 64, case 22
This statuette represents Hercules Pomarius and is made by BERTOLDO
in Florence, in ca. 1490-1510.
In classical mythology, Hercules was a hero and the personification of strength and courage.
The figure holds the golden apples which Hercules stole from the garden of the Hesperides as the 11th of his twelve labours.
The pose relates to an antique sculpture known from an engraving to have been in the Medici Collection, since lost.
There is also a similarity with Michelangelo's David.
The base is of a later date and originally formed part of a candlestick.
In classical mythology, Hercules was a hero and the personification of strength and courage.
The figure holds the golden apples which Hercules stole from the garden of the Hesperides as the 11th of his twelve labours.
The pose relates to an antique sculpture known from an engraving to have been in the Medici Collection, since lost.
There is also a similarity with Michelangelo's David.
The base is of a later date and originally formed part of a candlestick.
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