Hercules Reposing, by John Michael Rysbrack

An image of Sculpture/Figure. Hercules Reposing. Rysbrack, John Michael, attributed to, (English, 1694-1770. Nude reclining figure. His head is turned onto his left shoulder. He has curly hair and beard. His left hand holds the tail of the lion skin on which he lies, with the lion's mask over his right forearm. A club is in his right hand resting against his right shoulder. White marble, carved in the round, height, figure, 15.0 in, length, figure, 27 1/4 in, height, base, 3 1/8 in, length, base, 31.0 in, circa 1700- circa 1770.

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Sculpture/Figure. Hercules Reposing. Rysbrack, John Michael, attributed to, (English, 1694-1770. Nude reclining figure. His head is turned onto his left shoulder. He has curly hair and beard. His left hand holds the tail of the lion skin on which he lies, with the lion's mask over his right forearm. A club is in his right hand resting against his right shoulder. White marble, carved in the round, height, figure, 15.0 in, length, figure, 27 1/4 in, height, base, 3 1/8 in, length, base, 31.0 in, circa 1700- circa 1770.

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Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 70
Camera: NIKON D600
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 639 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 352.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:02:03 11:12:09

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18th Century bearded beards British School carved club English figure Fitz_AA Heracles Herakles Hercules John Michael Rysbrack lions lying lying down male male nude marble muscles muscular mythological mythology nude reclining recumbent repose reposing Rysbrack sculpture strength strong

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