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Bonded White Marble Available with or without fig leaf $8543 (less Internet discount of $1709) = $6834 (freight collect) Farnese Hercules 24" H Bonded White Marble No fig leaf $698 (less Internet discount of $210) = $488 (freight $28) |
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Mythological heroes are a part of civilization. All cultures
had them. The Greeks had many; Perseus, Jason, Theseus and Hercules.
The jealous Hera, vengeful because of her husband's infidelity,
sent two serpents to destroy the infant Hercules in his cradle
but even at that age he strangled the serpents, demonstrating
the power that was to characterize his life. The twelve labors
assigned to Hercules as repentance for having killed his own
children began with the slaying of the Nemean lion with his own
hands. Ever afterward he wore the lion' skin which is present
in The Farnese Hercules. The Farnese Hercules with obvious reference
to his tremendous strength is probably the finest of many sculptural
representations of the hero. The original statue was by Lysippos
or one of his followers. That which survives is a Roman copy. This is the same item that was previously available from Eleganza in Seattle. |
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