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Studies of the head and profile of the Farnese Hercules seen from a lower viewpoint...

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COU5934449
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Studies of the head and profile of the Farnese Hercules seen from a lower viewpoint (verso), c.1608-10 (black & white chalk on grey paper)
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Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) / Flemish
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Location
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium
black and white chalk on grey paper
Date
c. 1608 AD - 1610 AD (C17th AD)
Dimensions
36.3x24.5 cms
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In the 1540s the classical fragments of a statue of Hercules were excavated in Rome. Restored and reassembled in the Palazzo Farnese, the monumental sculpture soon attracted artists and came to represent an ideal of physical strength and power. Rubens studied the work in detail during his stay in Italy between 1601 and 1608. The position from which the mighty head is observed suggests that this drawing may have been made from one of the many plaster casts or marble copies which soon came to exist.

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17th century / art / beard / Baroque (art) / art movement / flemish art / mythology / Rubens Peter Paul (1577-1640) / painter / artist / drawing / Sketch / statue / sculpture / man / male / hercules / mythology / myth / roman god / beard / head / profile / curly hair / black and white / monochrome / 17th century / c17 / study / flemish baroque
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