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Circle of Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778)

Hercules at Rest

Lot Closed

April 29, 02:51 PM GTNN

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Circle of Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778)

Southern Netherlandish, second half 18th century

Hercules at Rest


terracotta

inscribed: 4 to the underside

38 cm., 15 in.

New York, Carlton Hobbs LLC, Tomasso Brothers Replica Handbags , Important European Terracottas, 2018
L. Lock, (entry in) Important European Terracottas, exh. cat. Tomasso Brothers Replica Handbags , London, 2018, pp. 72-77, no. 14
This vigorously modelled figure shows a compositional and stylistic affinity with the monumental statue of Hercules with the Erymanthian Boar (circa 1768-1770) by the prominent Flemish court sculptor, Laurent Delvaux. Perhaps inspired by Delvaux's marble, which is housed in the Prince's Palace in Brussels, the present terracotta is likely to have served as a model for a larger statue in marble.