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| Keywords: Italian - Hercules Crushing Antaeus - Walters 54633 - Profile.jpg In Greco-Roman mythology the hero Hercules was raised to the ranks of the gods because of his great deeds His feats were depicted by artists who enjoyed displaying their mastery of the heroic male nude One of Hercules's adventures took place in Libya King Antaeus a vicious giant and son of Mother Earth forced travelers to wrestle with him As long as he touched the earth his mother his energy was maintained and he was able to kill his opponents Hercules held Antaeus off the ground and crushed him In the Renaissance the subject was interpreted as the triumph of virtue A Roman marble copy in the Pitti Palace Florence after a Greek bronze of the subject was known before 1500 but all that remained of Antaeus was his torso This is one of many reconstructions imagined by sculptors The modeling is austere but the struggle is convincing A more refined cast of this piece belonged to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria ca 1525 Renaissance solid cast bronze cm 28 8 accession number 54 633 34735 Henry Walters Baltimore 1931 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 Beyond Nobility Art for the Private Citizen in the Early Renaissance Allentown Museum of Art Allentown 1980 place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Heracles and Antaeus | ||||
