attributed to Francesco Fanelli
Hercules and the snakes
c. 1640
old masters
This bronze statue is by the Florentine artist Francesco Fanelli and depicts Hercules. Hercules is shown as a kneeling child. He holds a snake in the air with his left hand; it has apparently just attacked him. He presses a second snake to death against the ground with his other hand.
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- Wikipedia on Herculeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules
