Sculpture

Hercules and Antaeus

1 of 6

Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1779-1780
Accession number: 2007.17.11
Maker: attributed to Roman Anton Boos(Opens in new tab) (German, 1733–1810)
Dimensions: height including base: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.)
Medium: pear wood
Description: This sculptural group shows Hercules wrestling the giant Antaeus. It is a scene derived from Greek mythology.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in