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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.160
People
Unidentified Artist
After Stefano Maderno, Italian (Bissone, Italy 1576 - 1636 Rome, Italy)
Previously attributed to Stefano Maderno, Italian (Bissone, Italy 1576 - 1636 Rome, Italy)
Previously attributed to Workshop of Stefano Maderno, Italian (Bissone, Italy 1576 - 1636 Rome, Italy)
Title
Hercules and the Lion
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1755-1799
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229098

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cypress wood with traces of gilt and polychromy
Dimensions
52 x 43.5 x 26 cm (20 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ferroni, Rome], sold; to Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, 1906, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1950

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.160
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum, Unpublished (1956), vol. I, p. 50 of fourth ed. (manuscript)

Verification Level

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