Hercules and Antaeus by ANTICO

ANTICO

(b. ca. 1460, Mantova, d. 1528, Mantova)

	Hercules and Antaeus 1500-10 Bronze, with silver gilding in the eyes, height 41 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Antico was inspired by works from antiquity; he based this group on a classical marble of Hercules and Antaeus now in the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The group is fixed to an original oval bronze base without mouldings. The bearded figure of Hercules holds the younger Antaeus aloft. The eyes of both figures are inlaid with silver.