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| Keywords: Italian - Hercules and Cacus - Walters 54248.jpg In 1583 a marble statue group with the broken entwined torsos of two muscular wrestlers was discovered in Rome Sculptors tried to imagine compositions that would complete them one being the struggle of Hercules and the evil giant Cacus slain by Hercules after he stole the hero's cattle The subject fascinated Florentine sculptors after Michelangelo explored it in the early 1500s In the 1580s Giambologna the Flemish sculptor who achieved such success in Florence made a set of bronze statuettes of the twelve Labors of Hercules for the Medici duke Francesco I including Hercules wrestling with Cacus Casts after these were made for decades and in varying quality There were a number in the Southern Netherlands in the 1600s This group appears to have been influenced by both the ancient marble and Giambologna's bronzes ca 1700 Baroque cast bronze cm 39 8 accession number 54 248 7448 Henry Walters Baltimore 1912 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Heracles and Cacus Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
