Bronze door knocker with hercules and lions

An image of Metalwork. Door Knocker with Hercules and Lions. Unknown, sculptor, Venice. Bronze, cast, height, whole, 31.5 cm, circa 1560-1630. Renaissance.

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Metalwork. Door Knocker with Hercules and Lions. Unknown, sculptor, Venice. Bronze, cast, height, whole, 31.5 cm, circa 1560-1630. Renaissance.

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Accession Number: M.27-1917
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 882 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 174.94kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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16th Century 17th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA Heracles Herakles Hercules Italian Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Renaissance Venetian School Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd animals bronze cast club door knockers hero heroic lions male male nude muscles muscular mythological mythology nude strength strong

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