Hercules Overcoming Nereus On His Way to the Garden of the Hesperides
Purchase, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust and The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gifts, 2024
Catalogue
- Year
- 1597
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall (wt. on base, confirmed): 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 11/16 in., 7.7 lb. (18.4 × 14 × 19.6 cm, 3.5 kg)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Adriaen de Vries
Artist
Sculpture
Adriaen de Vries was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands but working in Central Europe, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation. He also excelled in draughtsmanship.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Adriaen de Vries
- Year
- 1597
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall (wt. on base, confirmed): 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 11/16 in., 7.7 lb. (18.4 × 14 × 19.6 cm, 3.5 kg)
- Watts ID
- WW-1597-000815
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified