An image is not available here yet.
View at the museum ↗Hercules and Lichas
Italian1600–1625
- Attribution
- Italian After designs by Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Physical dimensions
- H.: 49.9 cm (19 5/8 in.); With base: 55 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm (21 5/8 × 14 × 14 in.)
- Credit line
- Robert Allerton Endowment
Museum metadata is available under CC0. Image availability and rights are separate; consult the source record.
Source rights statement: Public domain
View the museum record ↗From the museum
Both this bronze and it’s companion represent legendary struggles related to Hecules’s labors, a frequent source of inspiration for Renaissance and later art. The figures may derive from a lost series of silver statuettes cast after models by Giambologna during the last quarter of the 16th century. Their virtuoso displays of movement, which seem to transform violent struggle into ballet, reflect the sculptor’s intense preoccu-pation with the human form. Bronzes after Giambologna’s models were popular during his lifetime and later, and they were often studied by painters like Tintoretto , who made drawings from such models.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0