Bronze figure of Hercules, a casting disaster

An image of Sculpture/figure. Hercules. Unknown maker, Florence. Hercules stands on his right leg with his left leg advanced. His right arm is held across his body, the hand grasping a club. His left hand rests on the top of a tree stump. There is a drape around his hips. Bronze, cast, standing on a green and black marble base, height, whole, 16.1 cm, circa 1670-1700. Production Note: Bronze, a casting disaster. It is of interest due to this fact.

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Sculpture/figure. Hercules. Unknown maker, Florence. Hercules stands on his right leg with his left leg advanced. His right arm is held across his body, the hand grasping a club. His left hand rests on the top of a tree stump. There is a drape around his hips. Bronze, cast, standing on a green and black marble base, height, whole, 16.1 cm, circa 1670-1700. Production Note: Bronze, a casting disaster. It is of interest due to this fact.

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Accession Number: M.14-1981
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 564 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 287.64kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2015:06:24 13:58:55

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