Hercules carrying the Cretan Bull, Grand Tour fan circa 1770-80
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Hercules carrying the Cretan Bull, Grand Tour fan circa 1770-80
Skin fan leaf (disassembled) painted with a mythological scene inspired by frescoes discovered at Pompeii and Herculaneum: Hercules bringing the bull to Eurystheus (one of Hercules' twelve labors being the capture of the Cretan bull).
Condition: small tears and chipped paint in places, stains
Leaf size : 13 cm
Framed and under glass
Dimensions with frame: 30 x 59 cm
The iconography is reminiscent of the productions of the early 16th-century Italian engraver Giovanni Antonio Da Brescia, based on Antiquity, notably the Campana relief such as the one in the Louvres "L'Hiver et Hercule portant le taureau de Crète" (inv n° CP4170).
Condition: small tears and chipped paint in places, stains
Leaf size : 13 cm
Framed and under glass
Dimensions with frame: 30 x 59 cm
The iconography is reminiscent of the productions of the early 16th-century Italian engraver Giovanni Antonio Da Brescia, based on Antiquity, notably the Campana relief such as the one in the Louvres "L'Hiver et Hercule portant le taureau de Crète" (inv n° CP4170).
