Bronze figure of Hercules, Italian

An image of Sculpture/Figure. Hercules. The nude male figure stands with the weight of the body on the left foot, holding a club over the left shoulder with his left hand and his right arm and the open palm of his right hand make a gesture of despair (?). Bronze, cast, patinated and polished, height, whole, 58.8 cm, circa 1700-1800. Production Note: Probably an Academy drawing model.

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Sculpture/Figure. Hercules. The nude male figure stands with the weight of the body on the left foot, holding a club over the left shoulder with his left hand and his right arm and the open palm of his right hand make a gesture of despair (?). Bronze, cast, patinated and polished, height, whole, 58.8 cm, circa 1700-1800. Production Note: Probably an Academy drawing model.

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Accession Number: M.25-1952
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 639 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 286.47kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2015:06:23 10:16:21

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