A large bronze group 'Hercules and Lichas' after Antonio Canova
Lot-No. 338
Proceeds : 2.600 €
Italy, around 1900. Bronze with black-green patina, h. 88 cm, inscribed on the plinth 'CANOVA'. - Canova created the life-size marble group 1813/14 for the city palace of Marquis Torlonia in Rome. Following the ancient myth the striding hero Hercules clad with the poisoned tunic hurls his servant Lichas over his head into the sea. - Provenance: Private Collection, Lower Saxony
A large bronze group 'Hercules and Lichas' after Antonio Canova
A large bronze group 'Hercules and Lichas' after Antonio Canova
Lot-No. 338
Proceeds : 2.600 €
Italy, around 1900. Bronze with black-green patina, h. 88 cm, inscribed on the plinth 'CANOVA'. - Canova created the life-size marble group 1813/14 for the city palace of Marquis Torlonia in Rome. Following the ancient myth the striding hero Hercules clad with the poisoned tunic hurls his servant Lichas over his head into the sea. - Provenance: Private Collection, Lower Saxony
