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Hercules and Antaeus
Attributed to Pietro Tacca (Italian, 1577–1640)LinkedCulture matchlcp-21848a883798
- Date
- 1600–1625
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 30354
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Both this bronze and it’s companion depict the legendary labors of Hercules, a frequent subject in Renaissance and later art. The figures may derive from a lost series of silver statuettes after models by sculptor Giambologna and were likely cast by his leading workshop assistant, Pietro Tacca. They reflect Giambologna’s intense preoccupation with the human form in motion, which transforms a violent struggle into a ballet.
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- Credit line
- Robert Allerton Endowment
- Provenance
- Eduard Simon, Berlin, by 1907 [see Bode 1907]; his sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, October 11, 1929, lot 52. Max and Leola Epstein, Chicago, by 1930 [according to registrar’s record and letter from Max Epstein, April 21, 1930, copy in curatorial file; see also Williams 1930]; by descent to their daughter, Mrs. Frank (Jay) Selz, New York, by 1961 [lent by her to Chicago 1961]; sold to the Art Institute, 1968.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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